interpret

1. Make sense of;
   Assign a meaning to (synset 200624823)
   "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
   is a type of: understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
   subtypes:

   • be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand - interpret in the wrong way
   • read between the lines - read what is implied but not expressed on the surface
   • mythicise, mythicize - interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology
   • literalise, literalize - make literal
   • spiritualise, spiritualize - give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense
   • reinterpret - assign a new or different meaning to
   • allegorise, allegorize - interpret as an allegory
   • read, take - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
   • read - interpret something that is written or printed
   • read, scan - obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
   • draw out, educe, elicit, evoke, extract - deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning)
   same as: construe, see
   verb group: consider, reckon, regard, see, view - deem to be
2. Give an interpretation or explanation to (synset 200940278)
   is a type of: explain, explicate - make plain and comprehensible
   subtypes:

   • moralise, moralize - interpret the moral meaning of
   • deconstruct - interpret (a text or an artwork) by the method of deconstructing
   • re-explain, reinterpret - interpret from a different viewpoint
   • commentate - serve as a commentator, as in sportscasting
   • misinterpret - interpret falsely
   • annotate, comment, gloss - provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases
   • commentate - make a commentary on
   same as: rede
3. Give an interpretation or rendition of (synset 201736053)
   "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
   referred to in: performing arts - arts or skills that require public performance
   is a type of: do, execute, perform - carry out or perform an action
   subtypes: sing - deliver by singing
   same as: render
4. Create an image or likeness of (synset 201690027)
   "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
   referred to in: art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
   is a type of: re-create - create anew
   subtypes:

   • carnalize, sensualize - represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture
   • silhouette - represent by a silhouette
   • animalise, animalize - represent in the form of an animal
   • profile - represent in profile, by drawing or painting
   • paint - make a painting of
   • capture - succeed in representing or expressing something intangible
   • depict, picture, render, show - show in, or as in, a picture
   • conventionalize, stylise, stylize - represent according to a conventional style
   • map - make a map of; show or establish the features of details of
   • depict, limn, portray - make a portrait of
   • portray, present - represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture
   • draw - represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface
   • mock up, model - construct a model of
   • chart, graph - represent by means of a graph
   same as: represent
5. Restate (words) from one language into another language (synset 200961859)
   "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."
   is a type of: ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell - to say, state, or perform again
   subtypes:

   • retranslate - translate again
   • mistranslate - translate incorrectly
   • gloss - provide an interlinear translation of a word or phrase
   • latinize - translate into Latin
   same as: render, translate
   verb group: translate - be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
6. Make sense of a language (synset 200595247)
   "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
   is a type of: understand - know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
   same as: read, translate, understand

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