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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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The conclusion could significantly affect how scientists interpret future discoveries on Europa.

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

Large language models could search and interpret texts on a scale beyond the capacity of humans alone.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

I don’t even know how else you could interpret it.

From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera

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

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

The garment interprets the artwork, which may or may not have inspired the garment’s design.

From The Wall Street Journal May 9, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 1, 2026

Huber interprets Zuckerberg’s statement as a sign that nobody really knows how and when these massive investments will pay off — not even the leaders of the companies doing the spending.

From MarketWatch Feb. 7, 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 these findings should not be interpreted as a recommendation to chew sugary gum as a way to control blood pressure.

From Science Daily 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

“That support is limited to this temporary use of the site and should not be interpreted as support for any future permanent proposal.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Both Rosy’s and Maurice’s papers covered roughly the same ground and in each case interpreted their results in terms of the base pairs.

From "Double Helix" by James D. Watson

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

Is gathering information fundamentally different from interpreting it?

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 7, 2026

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

From MarketWatch Jul. 4, 2026

He found nothing noble in interpreting people’s maladies, assiduously translating the symptoms of so many swollen bones, countless cramps of bellies and bowels, spots on people’s palms that changed color, shape, or size.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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