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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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“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

This first installment grapples with the question of whether “we the people” can restore our power to interpret the Constitution.

From Slate Jul. 23, 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

The database could also improve scientists' ability to interpret the history recorded inside meteorites and asteroid fragments.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

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

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

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

From BBC Jun. 15, 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

It interprets Coachella as a cultural event, deciding what matters, where to look, and how the festival is ultimately remembered.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 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

Yet Tuchel insists it should not be interpreted as a loss of faith.

From BBC Jul. 19, 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

Middle East analysts interpreted the move as a signal that Hamas may be willing to engage, but cautioned that it was too early to proclaim progress.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 10, 2026

The experiments were conducted in mice and human cells grown in the laboratory, not in cancer patients, so the results should not be interpreted as evidence that creatine supplements improve cancer treatment in people.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

He had suddenly remembered that, in Tarifa, there was an old woman who interpreted dreams.

From "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho

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

Women come from other groups, but in worlds where female mobility is a common pattern, from the great apes to human societies, interpreting this signal immediately becomes more subtle.

From Science Daily Jul. 7, 2026

But in Barbara, Kavanaugh was willing to consider evidence about modern air travel when interpreting that amendment.

From Salon Jul. 6, 2026

Piggy knelt by him, one hand on the great shell, listening and interpreting to the assembly.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding




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