INTERPRET

• (verb) make sense of a language

  "She understands French", "Can you read Greek?"

  synonyms : read , translate , understand

• (verb) make sense of; assign a meaning to

  "What message do you see in this letter?", "How do you interpret his behavior?"

  synonyms : construe , see

• (verb) give an interpretation or explanation to

  synonyms : rede

• (verb) 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."

  synonyms : render , translate

• (verb) create an image or likeness of

  "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

  synonyms : represent

• (verb) give an interpretation or rendition of

  "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

  synonyms : render

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