Interpret : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Interpret	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Interpret
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
interpret v make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" Synonym(s): interpret, construe, see give an interpretation or explanation to Synonym(s): rede, interpret give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully" Synonym(s): interpret, render create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl" Synonym(s): represent, interpret restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N." Synonym(s): translate, interpret, render make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" Synonym(s): understand, read, interpret, translate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interpret \In*ter"pret\, v. i. To act as an interpreter. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Interpret \Inter"pret\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Interpreted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Interpreting}.] [F. interpr[88]ter, L. interpretari, p. p. interpretatus, fr. interpre[?] interpeter, agent, negotiator; inter between + (prob.) the root of pretium price. See {Price}.] 1. To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret* the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech. Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. --Matt. i. 23. And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. --Gen. xli. 8. 2. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape. Syn: To translate; explain; solve; render; expound; elucidate; decipher; unfold; unravel.