interpret

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English interpreten, from Old French enterpreter, (French interpréter), from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret”), past participle interpretatus, from interpres (“an agent, broker, explainer, interpreter, negotiator”), from inter (“between”) + -pres, probably the root of pretium (“price”); -pres is probably connected with Ancient Greek φράζειν (phrázein, “to point out, show, explain, declare, speak”), from which φραδή (phradḗ, “understanding”), φράσις (phrásis, “speech”); see phrase. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɝ.pɹɪt/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ənˈtøː.pɹət/ (Philippines) IPA(key): /ˈin.tɚ.pɹɛt/, /ɪn.tɚˈpɹɛt/ === Verb === interpret (third-person singular simple present interprets, present participle interpreting, simple past and past participle interpreted) 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. Synonyms: take, understand, construe 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. The Holy Bible, Matthew i. 23. Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us. The Holy Bible, Genesis xli. 8. And Pharaoh told them his dreams; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh. 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. ==== Synonyms ==== translate, explain, contrue, solve, render, expound, elucidate, decipher, unfold, unravel ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “interpret”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “interpret”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈɪntɛrprɛt] === Noun === interpret m anim interpreter (person who interprets a foreign language) ==== Declension ==== === Noun === interpret m inan (programming) interpreter ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “interpret”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Lower Sorbian == === Etymology === From Latin interpres. === Noun === interpret m anim (female equivalent interpretka) performer ==== Declension ==== == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French interprète, from Latin interpres. === Noun === interpret m (plural interpreți) interpreter ==== Declension ====