interpret

«interpret» in Mova's school dictionary: to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (interpret, interprets, interpreted, interpreting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To interpret something is to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem, interpret a graph. tree →

2) To interpret is to translate aloud what someone says from one language into another as they speak. tree →

3) To interpret music, a role or a dance is to perform it in your own way. tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths and science: interpret a graph, chart or results — say what the numbers show. In English lessons: interpret a poem or a character's actions. In everyday life: an interpreter helps people who speak different languages, or uses sign language. In church: people interpret Bible passages.

examples

• Can you interpret what this bar chart shows? tree →
• I interpreted her smile as a yes. tree →
• A teacher interpreted for the new pupil from Poland. tree →
• People interpret this poem in many different ways. tree →
• The scientist interpreted the results carefully. tree →
• Each pianist interprets the music a little differently. tree →
• He interpreted the silence as anger. tree →
• The Flower understood this, in her way, as we interpret everything in our way. tree →

note

Noun: interpretation; person: an interpreter. Trap: an interpreter works with speech; a translator works with written text. Past: interpreted (not «interpretated»). In maths, «interpret» means read off values and say what they mean in words.

In the corpora

• But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «interpret» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.