Interpret - English meaning

verb

Make (a statement or situation) less confused and more comprehensible.

Usage examples:

The report managed to clarify the government's position

Make clear by removing impurities or solids, as by heating

verb

To make something clearer or easier to understand

Usage examples:

I hope this analysis will clarify the debate., talking it through with you has helped me to clarify…

verb

Change the form, character, or function of something.

Usage examples:

Modernization has converted the country from a primitive society to a near-industrial one

noun

A person who has been persuaded to change their religious faith or other belief.

Usage examples:

He is a recent convert to the church

verb

To change the character, appearance, or operation of something

Usage examples:

[ t ] we converted our oil furnace to gas to save money., [ i ] most of the families in the communi…

verb

Convert (a text written in code, or a coded signal) into normal language.

Usage examples:

Authorized government agencies can decipher encrypted telecommunications

verb

To discover the meaning of something hard to understand or which contains a hidden message

Usage examples:

I have a hard time deciphering my phone bill.

verb

To discover the meaning of something written badly or in a difficult or hidden way

Usage examples:

Can you decipher the writing on this envelope?

verb

Convert (a coded message) into intelligible language.

Usage examples:

He put down the phone and decoded the message

noun

A translation of a coded message.

Usage examples:

Studying reports, poring over decodes

verb

To discover the meaning of information given in a secret or complicated way

Usage examples:

Scientists are decoding the genetic sequences in dna.

verb

Make (something) clear; explain.

Usage examples:

Work such as theirs will help to elucidate this matter

verb

To explain or make clear

Usage examples:

[ t ] i hope my book will elucidate the complex issues we face.

verb

To explain something or make something clear

Usage examples:

I don't understand. you'll have to elucidate., the reasons for the change in weather conditions hav…

verb

Make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts.

Usage examples:

They explained that their lives centred on the religious rituals

verb

Make plain and comprehensible

verb

To make something clear or easy to understand by describing or giving information about it

Usage examples:

[ i ] if there’s anything you don’t understand, i’ll be happy to explain., [ t ] the teacher explai…

verb

Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail.

Usage examples:

An attempt to explicate the relationship between crime and economic forces

verb

To explain something in detail, especially a piece of writing or an idea

Usage examples:

This is a book which clearly explicates marx's later writings.

verb

Present and explain (a theory or idea) in detail.

Usage examples:

He was expounding a powerful argument

verb

To give a detailed explanation of something

Usage examples:

Expound on he's always expounding on what's wrong with the world., expound a theory he likes to exp…

noun

Shine or lustre on a smooth surface.

Usage examples:

Hair with a healthy gloss

verb

Apply a glossy substance to.

Usage examples:

The singer glossed her lips a deep red

verb

Provide an explanation, interpretation, or paraphrase for (a text, word, etc.).

Usage examples:

The japanese word often glossed as ‘sincerity’ really means something different

verb

Make (something) visible or bright by shining light on it; light up.

Usage examples:

A flash of lightning illuminated the house

verb

To put light in or on something

Usage examples:

The buildings were illuminated at night., this article illuminates the basic principles of economics.

verb

To light something and make it brighter

Usage examples:

The streets were illuminated with strings of coloured lights.

verb

Express the meaning of (something written or spoken) using different words, especially to achieve greater clarity.

Usage examples:

You can either quote or paraphrase literary texts

noun

A rewording of something written or spoken.

Usage examples:

Scattered here and there in the text are frank paraphrases of lines from virgil, cicero, and quinti…

verb

To state something written or spoken in different words, esp. in a shorter and simpler form to make the meaning clearer

Usage examples:

I’ll have to paraphrase it because i didn’t get a chance to memorize it.

verb

Settle or find a solution to (a problem or contentious matter).

Usage examples:

The firm aims to resolve problems within 30 days

noun

Firm determination to do something.

Usage examples:

She received information that strengthened her resolve

verb

Find a solution or answer

verb

Write (something) again so as to alter or improve it.

Usage examples:

I cobbled together a rough draft and then rewrote it

noun

An instance of rewriting something.

Usage examples:

He was constantly demanding rewrites, even on the set

verb

To write a book, speech, etc. again to improve or change it or to correct information in it

Usage examples:

The producer says the last scene in the play needs a rewrite.

idiom

To help to explain a situation

Usage examples:

Experts hope the plane’s flight recorders will shed light on the cause of the crash.

verb

Make (something) simpler or easier to do or understand.

Usage examples:

An overhaul of court procedure to simplify litigation

verb

To make something less complicated and therefore easier to understand

Usage examples:

We’re looking for ways to simplify the process of applying for us citizenship.

verb

Find an answer to, explanation for, or means of effectively dealing with (a problem or mystery).

Usage examples:

The policy could solve the town's housing crisis

verb

Find the answer to or understand the meaning of

phrasal verb

Speak the letters that form a word in sequence.

Usage examples:

He spelled out his name for the clerk

phrasal verb

To say or show letters

Usage examples:

They spelled out the letters y, m, c, and a with their arms and bodies., the mayor has so far refus…

idiom

Something or someone that casts/sheds/throws light on a situation provides an explanation for it or information that makes it easier to understand

Usage examples:

As an economist, he was able to shed some light on the problem.

verb

Put (thoughts, speech, or data) into written or printed form.

Usage examples:

Each interview was taped and transcribed

verb

Write out, as from speech or notes

verb

To make a complete written record of spoken or written words

Usage examples:

Only an expert could transcribe my notes so well.

verb

Express the sense of (words or text) in another language.

Usage examples:

Several of his books were translated into english

verb

Restate from one language into another language

verb

Write or print (a letter or word) using the closest corresponding letters of a different alphabet or script.

Usage examples:

Names from one language are often transliterated into another

verb

To write words using a different alphabet

Usage examples:

On the road signs, the greek place names have been transliterated into the roman alphabet.

verb

Undo (twisted, knitted, or woven threads).

Usage examples:

There are some threads that once pulled unraveled the whole sweater.

verb

Free from a tangled or twisted state.

Usage examples:

Fishermen untangled their nets

verb

Become or cause to become undone by separating the fibers or threads of

verb

To remove the knots from a mass of string, wire, hair, etc. and separate the different threads

Usage examples:

I spent ages trying to untangle rosie’s hair., fig. it took years to untangle the facts of the case…