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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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“Every chair experiences a period in which markets interpret the words very differently than they anticipated and have to correct,” Rosengren said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Now, researchers have uncovered evidence that the structures may have functioned as a sophisticated navigation system, allowing an ancient animal to interpret Earth's magnetic field much like a map.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

"That is an invaluable data stream to an AI platform, which can then interpret that data and provide you with the best possible information related to it," Wood says.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The county regulators interpret pesticide safety laws differently, are not required to justify fines and are not mandated to check a company’s statewide compliance history, the audit found.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026

“The more you observe, New Voice, the more you understand. Once you can interpret the voice of the world, you become its revealer. Birds are strong messengers of the world.”

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis

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

Together, these abilities suggest that traveling waves may be central to how the brain interprets incoming information rather than simply reflecting background electrical activity.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 18, 2026

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

From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2026

Arkeus’s AI-powered platform gathers and interprets optical data from proprietary sensors, including light not visible to the human eye.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 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

The measure also states it “should be interpreted and implemented to afford the fullest possible weight to the interest of, and the approval and realization of, essential projects.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Markets interpreted the communication overall as a dovish signal,” said Antti Ilvonen, senior fixed income and FX analyst at Danske Bank, in a note.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

A medication’s side effects can be interpreted as new symptoms.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

He brought with him a new collection of isotope measurements from gases trapped in Zaonega rocks that had not yet been fully interpreted.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

I therefore had to report each dream I remembered so that it could be interpreted by my mother or father.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane

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

Tim Eifler, a professor of astronomy and physics, leads the working group responsible for interpreting Roman's cosmological observations.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026

"We hope this encourages researchers and clinicians to factor in medication history when interpreting microbiome data."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 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

But he doesn’t follow the direction of Nick’s arm, because interpreting a pointing gesture requires, if you think about it, that you instantaneously inhabit the mind of the person doing the pointing.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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