interpret
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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- dashed outline: no word in this language
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make sense of; assign a meaning to
What message do you see in this letter?
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
- misconstrue hyponym
- read between the lines hyponym
- mythicize hyponym
- literalize hyponym
- spiritualize hyponym
- reinterpret hyponym
- allegorize hyponym
- take hyponym
- read hyponym
- read hyponym
- educe hyponym
Related & opposite
- collocate with also see
- interpreting derivation
- interpretation derivation
- construal derivation
- interpretation derivation
- regard verb group
Sense 2 verb
give an interpretation or explanation to
Types & categories
- explain hypernym
- moralize hyponym
- deconstruct hyponym
- reinterpret hyponym
- commentate hyponym
- misinterpret hyponym
- gloss hyponym
- commentate hyponym
Related & opposite
- interpretation derivation
- interpreting derivation
- interpretation derivation
- interpretation derivation
- interpretative derivation
Sense 3 verb
give an interpretation or rendition of
The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interpretation derivation
- interpreting derivation
- rendition derivation
- interpreter derivation
- interpretative derivation
- performing arts domain topic
Sense 4 verb
create an image or likeness of
The painter represented his wife as a young girl
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- interpretation derivation
- representation derivation
- interpreter derivation
- artistic creation domain topic
Sense 5 verb
restate (words) from one language into another language
I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.
Types & categories
- repeat hypernym
- retranslate hyponym
- mistranslate hyponym
- gloss hyponym
- Latinize hyponym
Related & opposite
- translation derivation
- interpretive program derivation
- interpreter derivation
- translator derivation
- translate verb group
Sense 6 verb
make sense of a language
She understands French
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
Related & opposite
- apprehensible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | collocate with |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpreting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | construal |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | regard |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | misconstrue |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | read between the lines |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mythicize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | literalize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | spiritualize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | reinterpret |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | allegorize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | take |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | read |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | read |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | educe |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpreting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretative |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | explain |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | moralize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deconstruct |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reinterpret |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | commentate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | misinterpret |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | gloss |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | commentate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpreting |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | rendition |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpreter |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretative |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | performing arts |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | perform |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sing |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | representation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpreter |
| 4 | domain topic | Related & opposite | artistic creation |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | re-create |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sensualize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | silhouette |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | animalize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | profile |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | paint |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | capture |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | depict |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | stylize |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | map |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | portray |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | portray |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | draw |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | mock up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | graph |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | translation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpretive program |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | interpreter |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | translator |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | translate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | repeat |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | retranslate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | mistranslate |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | gloss |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | Latinize |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensible |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |