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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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Under normal circumstances, gold investors might immediately interpret that as bullish.

From MarketWatch Sep. 15, 2026

Companies that sell a possible cancer signal should also explain who will interpret the results, coordinate the next tests, and help patients manage the costs.

From Slate Sep. 9, 2026

Much of what happens next for the yen will depend on U.S. inflation data due this week and how markets interpret any new signals from either central bank.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

That constraint can help physicists design and interpret future experiments.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

This could be used to interpret the hidden meaning of words.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

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

The device detects that change and interprets it as a touch.

From Science Daily Mar. 26, 2026

The director has said that he interprets the death wish in the opera as part of the cycle of rebirth.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 11, 2026

But they also light up when the brain interprets something as pleasurable, even if the behavior doesn’t appear to have the survival value of, say, eating or procreating.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The researchers interpreted those findings as evidence that the sweetener was being chemically altered inside the animals.

From Science Daily Sep. 14, 2026

But that being said, you have to keep in mind that we are getting this information secondhand, it’s a juror note that’s being interpreted and characterized by Reddington.

From Slate Sep. 4, 2026

Many have interpreted the police report pointing to the role of Moroccan security forces in the July crossing as reinforcing this theory, although Sánchez maintained there was no solid evidence of government involvement.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

Scientists first described Praearcturus gigas in 1871, but at the time it was interpreted as a giant crustacean resembling a woodlouse.

From Science Daily Sep. 2, 2026

Since some of the other students chose to grow beards and mustaches, his own beard was sometimes interpreted as a personal choice instead of a mandate of faith.

From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau

After seeing a stream of comments interpreting it as mocking the security forces, she deleted it quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

As Amini wrote of the glass blade, “the perfection of this form is preserved only with the mental space shared between the conceptualizing artist and the interpreting artist.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 20, 2026

It has also since signed a contract with a sign language interpreting company.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

“We are interpreting the flows in August as clients seeking to add duration once yields hit historic highs,” a BlackRock spokesperson said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 17, 2026

The noise his crew was interpreting as that of enemy torpedoes, Herrick suggested, could actually be coming from the American ship’s own propeller.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin




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