- interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering - an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning"
--1 is a kind of explanation
--1 has particulars: broad interpretation, judicial activismDerived form: verb interpret2
- interpret, construe, see - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
--1 is one way to understand
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun interpretation3, noun interpretation1, noun interpretation4
Sam and Sue interpret the movie
They won't interpret the story
- interpret - give an interpretation or explanation to
--2 is one way to explain, explicate
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun interpretation3, noun interpretation1, noun interpretation4, noun interpretation2, noun interpreting1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- interpret, render - give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
--3 is one way to perform, execute, do
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun interpretation4, noun interpretation2, noun interpreter2
They will interpret the duet
- represent, interpret - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
--4 is one way to re-create
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun interpretation2, noun interpreter2
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- translate, interpret, render - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
--5 is one way to repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun interpreter1, noun interpreter4
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- understand, read, interpret, translate - make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
--6 is one way to understand
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE