interpret
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Example Sentences
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He cheerfully refused broadcast interviews because he knew how his rasping vocal chords could be interpreted.
From BBC
Prior to this year that was interpreted to mean the Federal Reserve’s gross revenue.
From Los Angeles Times
A joke activates not just the parts of the brain responsible for hearing and interpreting speech, but also brain areas involved in both planning and initiating movement and those involved in vision and memory.
From BBC
Six dancers persuasively interpret the seasons and sometimes accompany the arias; Ms. Tanowitz’s angular, evocative choreography is enhanced by costumes in shiny textiles and chiffons by Victoria Bek and Carlos Soto.
“Heat” broke many of the rules about how art interprets the city, recoloring the metropolis and discovering beauty in many of our most demonized neighborhoods.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
