Interpret
vverb.cognitionmake sense of; assign a meaning toSynset:construe see
Examples:- What message do you see in this letter?
- How do you interpret his behavior?
Derivationally Related Form:construalinterpretation
Hypernyms:understand
Inherited Hypernyms:interpretunderstand
Direct Hyponyms:allegoriseallegorizebe amissdraw outeduceelicitevokeextractliteraliseliteralizemisapprehendmisconceivemisconstruemisinterpretmisunderstandmythicisemythicizereadread between the linesreinterpretscanspiritualisespiritualizetake
Full Troponyms:allegorizeanagramdecipherdip intoeducelipreadliteralizemisconstruemisreadmythicizereadread between the linesreinterpretrereadskimspiritualizetake
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | They won't --- the story (apply to: interpret) | Sam and Sue --- the movie (apply to: interpret)
vverb.communicationgive an interpretation or explanation toSynset:rede
Derivationally Related Form:interpretinginterpretiveinterpretationinterpretative
Hypernyms:explain explicate
Inherited Hypernyms:redeexplaininformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:annotatecommentcommentatedeconstructglossmisinterpretmoralisemoralizere-explainreinterpret
Full Troponyms:commentatedeconstructglossmisinterpretmoralizereinterpret
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
vverb.creationgive an interpretation or rendition ofTopic:performing arts
Synset:render
Examples:- The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully
Derivationally Related Form:interpretationinterpreterrenderinginterpretiveinterpretativerendition
Hypernyms:do execute perform
Inherited Hypernyms:interpretperform
Direct Hyponyms:sing
Full Troponyms:carolhymnmadrigalsingsolmizatetroll
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | They will --- the duet (apply to: interpret, render)
vverb.creationcreate an image or likeness ofTopic:artartistic creationartistic production
Synset:represent
Examples:- The painter represented his wife as a young girl
Derivationally Related Form:representationinterpretationinterpreter
Hypernyms:re-create
Inherited Hypernyms:representre-createmake
Direct Hyponyms:animaliseanimalizecapturecarnalizechartconventionalizedepictdrawgraphlimnmapmock upmodelpaintpictureportraypresentprofilerendersensualizeshowsilhouettestylisestylize
Full Troponyms:animalizecapturecartoonchalkcharcoalchartcheckcommendcontourcrayoncrosshatchdelineatediagramdoodledrawgraphillustratelipstickmapmodelpaintpencilpictureplatportrayprofileprojectrecapturerepaintrulesensualizeshadesilhouettesketchstreamlinestylize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.communicationrestate (words) from one language into another languageSynset:render translate
Examples:- I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.
- Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?
- She rendered the French poem into English
- He translates for the U.N.
Derivationally Related Form:translationtranslatorinterpreter
Hypernyms:ingeminate iterate reiterate repeat restate retell
Inherited Hypernyms:translaterepeattellinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:Latinizeglossmistranslateretranslate
Full Troponyms:glosslatinizemistranslateretranslate
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s
vverb.cognitionmake sense of a languageSynset:read translate understand
Examples:- She understands French
- Can you read Greek?
Derivationally Related Form:understandable
Hypernyms:understand
Inherited Hypernyms:understandunderstand
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s that CLAUSE