interpreternoun [ C ]
uk/ɪnˈtɜː.prə.tər/us/ɪnˈtɝː.prə.t̬ɚ/interpreter noun [ C ] (BETWEEN LANGUAGES)
someone whose job is to change what someone else is saying into another language:
She works as an interpreter in Brussels.
Speaking through an interpreter, the president said the terms of the ceasefire were completely unacceptable.
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Using other languages
- anglophone
- code switching
- diglossia
- first language
- interpret
- linguist
- lusophone
- machine translation
- modern languages
- monolingual
- multilingual
- non-native speaker
- pinyin
- polyglot
- rendering
- speak
- translate
- translation
- trilingual
- word
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interpreter noun [ C ] (COMPUTER PROGRAM)
specialized computing a computer program that changes the instructions in another program into a form that can be easily understood by a computer
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Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- alpha
- analytics
- CD-RW
- compile
- killer app
- lisp
- LMS
- low-level language
- macro
- mashup
- MS-DOS
- patch
- procedure
- shortcut
- systems analyst
- worm
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interpreter noun [ C ] (EXPRESSING)
someone who performs a piece of music or a part in a play, etc. in a way that expresses their own ideas about its meaning:
He's a noted interpreter of traditional Irish music.
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Playing music
- accompaniment
- accompany
- busk
- chop
- conduct
- fiddle
- fingering
- improvisation
- jam
- music
- perform
- raise the roof idiom
- serenade
- sight-read
- strike
- strum
- swell
- tap sth out
- tune
- virtuoso
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Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing