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translate
verb as in interpret, explain
Strong matches
construe, decode, elucidate, explicate, gloss, paraphrase, reword, simplify, transliterate, transpose
Weak matches
verb as in change
Strong matches
commute, metamorphose, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute, transpose
Example Sentences
The agency’s staffing problems may be simmering under the surface, but it translates into chronically poor customer service.
Munsch has sold more than 80 million copies of his books in North America alone and they have been translated into at least 20 language - including Arabic, Spanish and Anishinaabemowin, an indigenous North American language.
The rich man in “If I Were a Rich Man” was translated as a variant of Rothschild, the name of a well-known European Jewish banking dynasty.
“Saoirse,” which translates to “freedom” or “liberty” in Irish, has historically morphed into a term representing the country’s desire for independence from British rule and cultural autonomy.
Yet translating that into a government was another story.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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