All 6 Uses of
interpret
in
Crime and Punishment
- Marfa Petrovna accidentally overheard her husband imploring Dounia in the garden, and, putting quite a wrong interpretation on the position, threw the blame upon her, believing her to be the cause of it all.†
Chpt 1.3
- But facts are not everything—at least half the business lies in how you interpret them!†
Chpt 2.4
- Can you interpret them, then?†
Chpt 2.4 *
- …later than to-morrow evening at eight o'clock precisely, and herewith I venture to present my earnest and, I may add, imperative request that Rodion Romanovitch may not be present at our interview—as he offered me a gross and unprecedented affront on the occasion of my visit to him in his illness yesterday, and, moreover, since I desire from you personally an indispensable and circumstantial explanation upon a certain point, in regard to which I wish to learn your own interpretation.†
Chpt 3.2
- It was the furthest limit of self-abnegation, at least so he interpreted it.†
Chpt 6.1 *
- Instead of any attempt to interpret his state of mind and inner life, she gave the simple facts—that is, his own words, an exact account of his health, what he asked for at their interviews, what commission he gave her and so on.†
Chpt Epil.
Definitions:
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(interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate words into spoken words of another language
(This word is especially used in place of translate when the translation is done real-time, or on-the-fly, or immediately as needed.)
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(interpret as in: her interpretation of the data) to understand or explain something in a particular way -- often the meaning or significance of something