interpret

IPA: ɪntˈɝprʌt

To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
(intransitive) To convey what a user of one language is saying or signing, in real time or shortly after that person has finished communicating, to a user of a different language
(computing, transitive) To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.

Examples of "interpret" in Sentences

Simply pretending there's nothing confounding to interpret is stupid.
He could interpret from the Germans and had been given the job by Richard Chapman, the original camp leader.
The claim of authority to interpret is the greatest lie and has caused the greatest travesties upon the people.
It is simply unimaginable that the courts will ever again interpret the commerce power as not protecting black people.
And therefore, because of that true source of knowledge, our ability to think and our ability to interpret is more correct than theirs.
Now, let us grant that when scientists engage entities that cannot be weighed and measured they often flounder, project, and interpret from the human perspective.
That article mentions Mikael Granlund as one to watch, but from what I could interpret from the Finnish papers on the roster announcement yesterday, when Osala went on, Granlund did not.
"They are following the teachings of the Buddha, the principles of nonviolence, how to be a harmonious people," says Khenpo, the younger monk brother, in English after a pause to interpret the Tibetan words of his older brother, Rinpoche.