Word

interpret, v.
(interpreted, interpreting, interprets)
freq. cnt. 33

make sense of; assign a meaning to
<verb.cognition> freq. cnt.: 22 freq. cnt.: 17 freq. cnt.: 5

construe interpret see

sample sentences

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

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
They won't %s the story
Sam and Sue %s the movie

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

interpretation interpretation interpretation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

construal

also see

construe with

semantic pointers

hypernym

understand

hyponym

misunderstand, misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misapprehend, be amiss read between the lines mythicize, mythicise literalize, literalise spiritualize, spiritualise reinterpret allegorize, allegorise take, read read read, scan elicit, extract, educe, evoke, draw out

verb group

consider, see, regard, view, reckon

give an interpretation or explanation to
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10

interpret rede

verb frames

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

verb frames

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

interpretive interpretative interpretation interpreting interpretation interpretation interpretation

semantic pointers

hypernym

explain, explicate

hyponym

moralize, moralise deconstruct reinterpret, re-explain commentate misinterpret gloss, comment, annotate commentate

create an image or likeness of
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

interpret represent

sample sentences

"The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

verb frames

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

verb frames

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

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

representation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

interpretation interpreter

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

art, artistic creation, artistic production

hypernym

re-create

hyponym

sensualize, carnalize silhouette animalize, animalise profile paint capture show, depict, picture, render stylize, stylise, conventionalize map portray, depict, limn present, portray draw model, mock up graph, chart

give an interpretation or rendition of
<verb.creation> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

interpret render

sample sentences

"The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They will %s the duet

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They will %s the duet

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

rendering rendition rendering

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

interpretive interpretative interpretation interpretation interpreter

semantic pointers

domain of synset (topic)

performing arts

hypernym

do, perform, execute

hyponym

sing

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

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