All 3 Uses of
interpret
in
The Age of Innocence
- No one knew exactly what inspired her elliptic comments, and her relations had long since given up trying to interpret them.†
Chpt 10
- In London nothing interested her but the theatres and the shops; and she found the theatres less exciting than the Paris cafes chantants where, under the blossoming horse-chestnuts of the Champs Elysees, she had had the novel experience of looking down from the restaurant terrace on an audience of "cocottes," and having her husband interpret to her as much of the songs as he thought suitable for bridal ears.†
Chpt 20 *
- This retort to his last appeal might have been interpreted as a classic move in a familiar game; but the young man chose to give it a different meaning.†
Chpt 33 *
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