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render
To give or pay (something due or owed)
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  1. To give or pay (something due or owed)
  2. (Computers) To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display.
  3. To perform or interpret by performance; recite (a poem), play (music), treat (a subject, as in painting), act out (a role)
represent
To describe or put forward (a person or thing) as an embodiment of a specified quality:
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  1. To describe or put forward (a person or thing) as an embodiment of a specified quality:
  2. To draw attention to by way of remonstrance or protest:
  3. To present, produce, or perform (a play, etc.)
play
To use or manipulate, especially for one's own interests:
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  1. To use or manipulate, especially for one's own interests:
  2. To take part in a sport or game:
  3. To perform or put into effect, especially as a jest or deception:
perform
To carry out or execute an action or process; esp., to take part in a musical program, act in a play, dance, etc. before an audience
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  1. To carry out or execute an action or process; esp., to take part in a musical program, act in a play, dance, etc. before an audience
  2. To admit of being performed as specified
  3. To give a public presentation of; present:
depict
To represent in a drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.; portray; picture
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  1. To represent in a drawing, painting, sculpture, etc.; portray; picture
  2. To picture in words; describe
  3. To render a representation of something, using words, sounds, images, or other means.
delineate
To describe or characterize in words:
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  1. To describe or characterize in words:
  2. To show or contain a distinguishing characteristic of; distinguish:
  3. To mark, form, or show the outline or border of:
enact
To make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
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  1. To make (a bill, etc.) into a law; pass (a law); decree; ordain
  2. To act (something) out, as on a stage:
  3. To represent or perform in or as in a play; act out
portray
To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of:
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  1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of:
  2. To play a role; to depict a character or person.
  3. To play the part of as in a play or film
construe
To use syntactically:
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  1. To use syntactically:
  2. To analyze, explain, interpret. See also construction. To analyze, explain, interpret. See also construction.
  3. To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret:
understand
To get or perceive the meaning of; know or grasp what is meant by; comprehend
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  1. To get or perceive the meaning of; know or grasp what is meant by; comprehend
  2. To know thoroughly by close contact or long experience with:
  3. To learn indirectly or infer, as from hearsay:
evaluate
(Mathematics) to compute or determine the value of (an expression)
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  1. (Mathematics) to compute or determine the value of (an expression)
  2. To determine the importance, effectiveness, or worth of; assess:
  3. (Math.) To find the numerical value of; express in numbers
read
To learn by reading
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  1. To learn by reading
  2. To read something written, printed, etc., as words, music, books, etc.
  3. To receive or comprehend (a radio message, for example):
reenact
To portray or act out (a past incident or historical event)
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  1. To portray or act out (a past incident or historical event)
  2. To perform again:
  3. To act out or re-create dramatically (a historical event, for example):
mimic
To imitate in speech or action, often so as to ridicule
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  1. To imitate in speech or action, often so as to ridicule
  2. To produce symptoms like those of a given disease.
  3. To copy or imitate closely, especially in speech, expression, and gesture:
translate
To be changed or transformed in effect. Often used with into or to :
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  1. To be changed or transformed in effect. Often used with into or to :
  2. (Cytology) To convert into a chain of amino acids forming a specific protein: said of genetic information in the form of messenger RNA
  3. To transmit (a telegraphic message) again by means of an automatic relay
paraphrase
To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.
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  1. To restate something as, or to compose a paraphrase.
  2. To restate using different words, especially to clarify.
  3. To compose a paraphrase.
render
To arrange:
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  1. To arrange:
  2. To give in return or by obligation:
  3. To deliver or pronounce formally:
construe
To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret:
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  1. To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret:
  2. To explain or deduce the meaning of; interpret
  3. To analyze, explain, interpret. See also construction. To analyze, explain, interpret. See also construction.
decipher
To translate (a message in cipher or code) into ordinary, understandable language; decode
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  1. To translate (a message in cipher or code) into ordinary, understandable language; decode
  2. To read or interpret (ambiguous, obscure, or illegible matter).
  3. To find a solution to a problem.
explain
To make something plain or comprehensible:
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  1. To make something plain or comprehensible:
  2. To offer reasons for or a cause of; justify:
  3. To give an explanation
explicate
To make clear or explicit (something obscure or implied); explain fully
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  1. To make clear or explicit (something obscure or implied); explain fully
expound
To make known or set forth; present:
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  1. To make known or set forth; present:
  2. To explain in detail; elucidate:
  3. To explain or interpret; clarify
spell out
To explain in a simple and understandable manner.
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  1. To explain in a simple and understandable manner.
  2. To form (a word) from its component letters.
enucleate
(Biology) To remove the nucleus of.
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  1. (Biology) To remove the nucleus of.
  2. (Intransitive, medicine) To remove something; especially, to remove an eyeball or tumor.
  3. (Archaic) To explain; elucidate.
construe
To use syntactically:
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  1. To use syntactically:
  2. To understand or explain the meaning of (something), especially in a particular way; interpret:
  3. To analyze, explain, interpret. See also construction. To analyze, explain, interpret. See also construction.
read
To determine the intent or mood of:
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  1. To determine the intent or mood of:
  2. To get the meaning of (something written, printed, embossed, etc.) by using the eyes, or for Braille, the finger tips, to interpret its characters or signs
  3. To have or use as a preferred reading in a particular passage:
take
To start growing; root or germinate:
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  1. To start growing; root or germinate:
  2. To carry in one's possession:
  3. To convey by transportation:
execute
(Comput.) To run an instruction or program
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  1. (Comput.) To run an instruction or program
  2. To create (a work of art, for example) in accordance with a prescribed design.
  3. To perform (a piece of music, a part in a play, etc.)
play
To act or conduct oneself in a specified way:
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  1. To act or conduct oneself in a specified way:
  2. To put (a specified card) into play
  3. (Music) To perform on an instrument:
render
To give or pay (something due or owed)
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  1. To give or pay (something due or owed)
  2. To perform or interpret by performance; recite (a poem), play (music), treat (a subject, as in painting), act out (a role)
  3. (Computers) To convert (graphics) from a file into visual form, as on a video display.
Find another word for interpret. In this page you can discover 47 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for interpret, like: give one's impression of, render, represent, play, perform, depict, delineate, enact, portray, make sense of and construe.

Sentence Examples

  • He had no idea how to interpret the warning.

  • Uncertain how to interpret his quietness, she tried to figure out what to say.

  • Uncertain how to interpret the response, Deidre shook her head and faced the portal.

  • Others more broadly interpret the concept of securing life, liberty, and property.

  • Contrasting, in the second place, with the polyorgan theory are the various "polyperson " theories which interpret the Siphonophore cormus as a colony composed of more or fewer individuals in or a', Pneumatocyst.

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