Interpreting
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Interpreting
verb
- 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 interpret an Indian speech"
- To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
"The actor interpreted the character of Hamlet with great skill."
- To act as an interpreter.
"He interpreted at the meeting between the Chinese and French associates."
- To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
noun
- An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.
"the interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma."
- A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning .
"Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture."
- The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- The power of explaining.
- An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
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