to interpret

Examples

• All

• She speaks fluent French and has agreed to interpret for you.

  Rush Hour 3 (2007)

• There are going to be trials; they want me to interpret. Don't they know I'm allergic to courtrooms?

  Fiction book (1996)

• The only way you could get your voice out was to sit and talk to someone who had to interpret what you were saying.

• But we need someone to interpret him for us.

  Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

• I'll try and interpret this for you in modern terms.

• I'll interpret for you, general.

  Guys and Dolls (1955)

• Would you like me to translate or interpret?

  Race (2016)

• In the hospital of Reading, I interpreted for the American doctor and the nurses.

  Academic text (2008)

• He's going to interpret for you.

  Black Narcissus (1947)

• I've been asked to interpret on your behalf.

  Silence (2016)

Synonyms

T

to translate

vsto interpret

258 2.4

Express spoken or written words in another language

is done live for spoken words rather than written forms

Antonyms

M

to misinterpret

23 4.2

To understand something in the wrong way

Phrasal Verbs

I

to interpret away

• Informal

8.0

To say problems or criticism are not serious by changing their meaning

How Accurate

to interpret

18 3.8

to translate

258 2.4

to paraphrase

64 4.1

to render

52 6.3

Surface Forms

Etymology