What is another word for interprets?

Pronunciation: [ɪntˈɜːpɹɪts] (IPA)

Interprets means to explain the meaning or significance of something, for instance, to understand, elucidate, clarify, decode, or make sense of. It is often used in the context of language, such as interpreting a message in a foreign language or interpreting the intentions of a person's words. Some other synonyms for interprets include construe, translate, explicate, render, decipher, and elucidate. These words all convey the act of interpreting or explaining something to someone else. Therefore, depending on the context in which the word "interprets" is used, different synonyms may be better suited to convey its intended meaning.

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Usage examples for Interprets

And now, as Mr. Browning interprets the situation, his experience had entered on a new phase.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
This release he interprets as freedom to return home, and to marry the girl he loves.
"A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)"
Mrs. Sutherland Orr
Here it only concerns us in its connection with the psychology of the people it interprets in satire.
"George Du Maurier, the Satirist of the Victorians"
T. Martin Wood

Famous quotes with Interprets

  • The past is malleable and flexible, changing as our recollection interprets and re-explains what has happened.
    Peter Berger
  • The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people through their dialogue, then they happen all over again, when the actor interprets them.
    Joel Coen
  • The Net interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
    John Gilmore
  • The internet interprets censorship as damage and routes around it.
    John Gilmour
  • There is no better way of exercising the imagination than the study of law. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.
    Jean Giraudoux

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