All 4 Uses of
interpret
in
Man And Superman
- Give these people the most perfect political constitution and the soundest political program that benevolent omniscience can devise for them, and they will interpret it into mere fashionable folly or canting charity as infallibly as a savage converts the philosophical theology of a Scotch missionary into crude African idolatry.†
Chpt Ded.
- My blood interprets for me, Ann.†
Chpt 1 *
- Provided my staying be not interpreted as pursuit.†
Chpt 3 *
- She did more: she interpreted all the other teaching for me.†
Chpt 3
Definitions:
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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
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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.)