interpret

/ɪnˈtɜːprɪt/ verb

Definition

EXPLAIN [T] › to explain or decide what you think a particular phrase, performance, action, etc means: His comments were interpreted as an attack on the government.

CHANGE LANGUAGE [I, T] › to change what someone has said into another language: We had to ask the guide to interpret for us.

(Definition of interpret verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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