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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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"This helps future missions interpret what they find and better understand where to look for signs of habitability."

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

“Consumers will interpret reclassification as FDA approval,” Adriane Fugh-Berman, a critic of the drug industry and director of a watchdog organization that studies pharmaceutical marketing, said Thursday at the meeting.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Perhaps the same will be true with “Obsession”; Curry Barker’s copycats will try and fail to interpret the trials of dating when personality is a facade, and I’ll be left eating crow.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

Plus, China’s Moonshot AI takes on U.S. rivals and how readers interpret the Chinese economy.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

“Charming Miss Woodhouse! allow me to interpret this interesting silence. It confesses that you have long understood me.”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen

A "reasoning model" trained on task-specific examples interprets the goal and formulates Phantom's action plan.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

Saylor was keen to point out “systemically important banks like Morgan Stanley and Citi, all with intent to integrate bitcoin into their operations,” which he interprets as an “embrace of bitcoin as a creditworthy instrument.”

From MarketWatch May 6, 2026

Like many autistic people, Haight’s mind interprets language in its most literal sense.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

AI inference computing is divided into two main tasks: pre-fill, or the process by which a model interprets a user prompt, and decode, by which the model generates a response, one word at a time.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 28, 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

And while he's glad to see it reach a wider audience, he worries the way it is interpreted can be "outdated, misinformed and, in the worst case, harmful."

From BBC Jul. 28, 2026

The researchers emphasize that the findings should not be interpreted as proof that sweeteners or the tested combinations cause harm in people.

From Science Daily Jul. 17, 2026

Mexican boxer Saúl “Canelo” Álvarez interpreted the scene as the Argentine captain deliberately kicking the jersey and accused him of disrespecting Mexico — an allegation that Messi denied.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 15, 2026

The Interior Department finalized the changes to its regulations last week, overturning five decades of precedent in how the law is interpreted.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

The light was poor but Toomer interpreted the gaits of the other three men and could tell the gauge of each shotgun as they passed between the hives.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

Gustavo Duque, mayor of Chacao, a middle-class Caracas neighbourhood, urges caution in interpreting the red sign too simply.

From Barron's Jul. 8, 2026

But these views deserve no weight in interpreting the amendments’ transformative guarantees.

From Slate Jul. 8, 2026

Once you have isolated the pure news about a company, there are several rules for interpreting it.

From MarketWatch Jul. 4, 2026

Researchers search for clues that could point to living organisms, but interpreting those clues is rarely straightforward.

From Science Daily Jun. 30, 2026

Ekman and Friesen ultimately assembled all these combinations—and the rules for reading and interpreting them—into the Facial Action Coding System, or FACS, and wrote them up in a five-hundred-page document.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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