interpret

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Synonyms: interred, interrex, interprete, internet, reinterpret, interprets, interrer, interset, interet, interplea, interbred

Antonyms: interred, interrex, interprete, internet, reinterpret, interprets, interrer, interset, interet, interplea, interbred

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Verb

1. 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]].
2. 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.
3. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to [[show]] by [[illustrative]] [[represent]]ation.
4. {{lb|en|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.
5. {{lb|en|computing|transitive}} To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than [[compile|compiling]] [[in advance]].

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