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interpret

[in-tur-prit] / ɪnˈtɜr prɪt /


Usage

What are other ways to say interpret? To interpret is to give the meaning of something by paraphrase, by translation, or by an explanation based on personal opinion: to interpret a poem or a symbol. To expound is to give a methodical, detailed, scholarly explanation of something, usually Scriptures, doctrines, or philosophy: to expound the doctrine of free will. To explain is to make plain, clear, or intelligible something that is not known or understood: to explain a theory or a problem. To elucidate is to throw light on what before was dark and obscure, usually by illustration and commentary and sometimes by elaborate explanation: They asked him to elucidate his statement. 

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It’s bad for democracy to throw raw data at people and hope that they interpret it.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

Their underlying claim isn’t that modern people have lost their sense of smell, but that we have grown less able to interpret what it tells us.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

However, these records are often difficult to interpret because later tectonic activity, erosion, and layers of buried sediment can conceal evidence of much older events.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Using images of a male and female with visible differences, we tested five popular AI tools to understand if and how they would interpret the prompt "make this person normal".

From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026

We interpret it as a cause-and-effect sequence: she saw the doctor, and that made her depressed.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Democrats aren’t necessarily viewed more positively than Republicans right now, but Nabulsi believes they’re at least signaling an open line of communication with a message she interprets as “We are not here with hate.”

From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026

Perceptual inference refers to the way the brain interprets sensory information and updates its expectations in response.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026

The new chair has made a point of not providing his own economic forecasts or discussing how he interprets the most recent economic data.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

What those commitments are - and how Iran interprets them - will help determine whether this deal sticks.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

For the King, or at least this is how Malory interprets him, was the patron saint of chivalry.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

It is unfolding against what many have interpreted as a widening rift between Prabowo and his predecessor, Joko Widodo - otherwise know as Jokowi - who had thrown his support behind Prabowo's 2024 presidential campaign.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Some interpreted this as a sign that investors were taking Wall Street’s lofty expectations with a grain of salt.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026

"For these reasons, the 70 percent storage level value must be interpreted flexibly and considered in light of the overall supply situation," the ministry spokeswoman said.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

Virtually no one at the time, however, interpreted it as Wood intended.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Their failure was interpreted as an indictment of their accounting practices, which allowed them to record profits before they were realized.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

But experts warn against interpreting the figures as a prediction of the election outcome.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

This shift may allow the brain to focus more on interpreting information through existing knowledge rather than recording every new experience in precise detail.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Severin added that the retired senior judges and leading barristers, who sat on the Commission, have "spent their careers interpreting complicated facts, dealing with witnesses and applying relevant weight to evidence".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Pène du Bois became deeply attached to Hopper and wrote some selfless essays interpreting and defending Hopper’s art.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The anonymous author of 1604 had been quite right to insist that the theory of perspective would provide the key to interpreting the image of the moon.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton


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