Word

translate, v.
(translated, translates, translating)
freq. cnt. 25

restate (words) from one language into another language
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1

interpret render translate

sample sentences

"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."

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

verb frames

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

translation translator translator

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

interpreter interpreter

semantic pointers

hypernym

repeat, reiterate, restate, ingeminate, iterate, retell

hyponym

retranslate mistranslate gloss Latinize

verb group

translate

change from one form or medium into another
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7

transform translate

sample sentences

"Braque translated collage into oil"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

translation

semantic pointers

hypernym

change, alter, modify

hyponym

metricize, metricise diagonalize, diagonalise

make sense of a language
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 1

interpret read translate understand

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

understandable

semantic pointers

hypernym

understand

change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

translate

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

translation

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

geometry

hypernym

move, displace

bring to a certain spiritual state
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

translate

verb frames

Somebody ----s somebody

semantic pointers

hypernym

transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise

determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
<verb.communication>

translate

verb frames

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

translation

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

genetics, genetic science

hypernym

determine, find, find out, ascertain

express, as in simple and less technical language
<verb.communication>

translate

sample sentences

"Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"
"Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

semantic pointers

hypernym

paraphrase, rephrase, reword

subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
<verb.motion>

translate