Definition: 1. Make sense of; assign a meaning to. 2. Give an interpretation or explanation to. 3. Give an interpretation or rendition of. 4. Create an image or likeness of. 5. Restate (words) from one language into another language. 6. Make sense of a language.
Use 'interpret' in a sentence:
1. What's new is the way it can interpret the intentions of its master or mistress and use those sites to put them into action.
2. This word may be interpreted in different ways.
3. The economic crisis was interpreted in diametrically opposing ways.
4. Please interpret the comments of our foreign guest.
5. There is clear evidence that the most difficult feeling of all to interpret is bodily pain.
6. There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he thinks that a critic should be able to produce "a better in its place".
7. This is usually interpreted as a sign that today's parents are trying to manage their children's lives past the point where this behavior is appropriate.
8. With most of Dylan's lyrics, however, there are other ways of interpreting the words.
9. The way they interpreted their past was highly subjective.
10. For every trait, you can interpret it in a positive and a negative manner.
11. The judge quite rightly says that he has to interpret the law as it's been passed.
12. When dogs looked at expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions.
13. This might be interpreted as a de facto recognition of the republic's independence.
14. Would you like me to interpret for you?
15. The data is hard to interpret than I expected.
16. To disfigure the mouth—this is how I would interpret it—to disfigure the mouth has a primary effect in rendering one at least temporarily speechless.
17. To interpret simultaneously is extremely difficult.
18. The scientists interpret the girls' excitement as meaning they are trying to understand what they have just seen.
19. Don't interpret it without real understanding when you study a foreign language.
20. She couldn't speak much English so her children had to interpret for her.
21. When they do get a cold, they may interpret their illness as being less severe.
22. The chambermaid spoke little English, so her husband came with her to interpret.
23. I tried to interpret what she said into English.
24. But what's new is the way it can interpret the intentions of its master or mistress and use those sites to put them into action.
25. You interpret this as a sign—a polite one—that he is interested in you as a person rather than just in the topic of conversation.
26. They call for scientific methods to interpret.
27. When dogs looked at the expressions of angry dogs, their eyes rested more on the mouth, perhaps to interpret the threatening expressions.
28. Interpret the role of hamlet, please!
29. For example, when confronted with information streaming from the eyes, the brain will interpret this information in the quickest way possible.
30. He only spoke German so someone had to interpret for him.
31. There are two ways to interpret Plutarch when he suggests that a critic should be able to produce "a better in its place."
32. Remote sensors enable algorithms to interpret a field's environment as statistical data that can be understood and useful to farmers for decision-making.
33. This will help children interpret and get the message and help them learn to watch the show for those messages.
34. We can also develop our analytical skills and learn how to view and interpret the world around us in different ways.
35. It uses this to interpret the interrelationship of the patterns and draw conclusions that allow us to identify people and places.
36. Learning to interpret these statistics will come later.
37. Understand the pattern of organization of the words (sentences), and finally interpret the meaning.
38. Interpreters found they could not interpret half of what he said.
39. She tried to interpret the meaning of his dream.
40. She works with families and community groups to conduct environmental tests, interpret test results, and organize activities for environmental change.
41. He interpreted the vote as support for the constitution and that is the spin his supporters are putting on the results today.
42. We use our attitudes to filter, interpret and react to the world around us.
43. Historians annotate, check and interpret the diary selections.
44. Cognitive psychologists assert that our behavior is influenced by our values, by the ways in which we interpret our situations and by choice.
45. The students were asked to interpret the poem.
46. Both approaches agree on what is depicted in the poem, but not on how it should be interpreted.
47. I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.
48. According to Chinese legends, zhougong can interpret dreams.
49. He quickly interpreted to me what the Russian was saying.
50. The whole speech might well be interpreted as a coded message to the Americans.
51. The data can be interpreted in many different ways.
52. Any comparison that is not strictly factual runs the risk of being interpreted as subjective.
53. He interpreted the role with a lot of humour.
54. They could interpret it that way if they'd a mind to.