English > interpret: 6 senses > verb 1, cognition| Meaning | make sense of; assign a meaning / meaning to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Model | Sam and Sue interpret the movie; They won't interpret the story |
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| Example | "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
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| Synonyms | construe, see |
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| Narrower | allegorize, allegorise | interpret as an allegory |
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| educe, evoke, elicit, extract, draw out | deduce (a principle) or construe (a meaning / meaning) |
| literalize, literalise | make literal |
| misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss | interpret in the wrong way |
| mythicize, mythicise | interpret as a myth or in terms of mythology |
| read | interpret something that is written or printed |
| read, scan | Obtain data from magnetic tapes |
| read between the lines | read what is implied but not expressed on the surface |
| reinterpret | Assign a new or different meaning / meaning to |
| spiritualize, spiritualise | Give a spiritual meaning / meaning to |
| take, read | interpret something in a certain way |
| Broader | understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of |
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| Similar to | see, consider, reckon, view, regard | deem to be |
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| Spanish | construir, entender, interpretar, ver |
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| Catalan | construir, interpretar |
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| Nouns | interpretation | an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious |
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| interpretation | a mental representation of the meaning or significance / significance of something |
| interpretation | an explanation that results from interpreting something |
English > interpret: 6 senses > verb 4, creation| Meaning | create an image or likeness of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
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| Synonym | represent |
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| Category | art, artistic creation, artistic production | The creation of beautiful or significant things |
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| Narrower | animalize, animalise | represent in the form of an animal |
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| capture | succeed in representing or expressing something intangible |
| draw | represent by making a drawing of, as with a pencil, chalk, etc. on a surface |
| graph, chart | represent by means of a graph |
| map | make a map of |
| model, mock up | Construct a model of |
| paint | make a painting / painting of |
| picture, depict, render, show | show in, or as in, a picture / picture |
| portray, depict, limn | make a portrait of |
| portray, present | represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture |
| profile | represent in profile, by drawing or painting |
| sensualize, carnalize | represent materialistically, as in a painting or a sculpture |
| silhouette | represent by a silhouette |
| stylize, stylise, conventionalize | represent according to a conventional style |
| Broader | re-create | create anew |
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| Spanish | constituir, figurar, representar |
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| Catalan | constituir, figurar, representar |
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| Nouns | interpretation | the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance |
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| interpreter | someone who uses art to represent something |
