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interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English
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Can she interpret Spanish to English for us?interpret = translate
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Given enough time, I can translate, but I'm not fluent enough to interpret for a conversation.
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Will you use software or a person for interpretation.interpretation = translation
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She is an interpreter who works at the United Nations.interpreter = someone who translates language
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She will stand to his left and interpret his speech into sign language.interpret = translate
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We will each speak in our own language and each bring our own interpreter to minimize confusion.interpreter = someone who translates language
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Then he asked if he could talk to me and began asking questions using Irfan as an interpreter. (source)
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Maybe they need an interpreter. (source)interpreter = someone who translates language
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Okeke interpreted wisely to the spirits and leaders of Umuofia: "The white man says he is happy you have come to him with your grievances, like friends." (source)interpreted = translated
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At the top of the image, we have the word Heredom—the 'Holy House'—which I interpret as the House of God …. or heaven. (source)interpret = translate
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The answer came dreamily, but with intention. It were as though she were interpreting something. I have heard her use the same tone when reading her shorthand notes. (source)interpreting = translating
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She was apologizing for having just one shower, but I'd misinterpreted.† (source)misinterpreted = wrongly translatedstandard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misinterpreted means wrong and reverses the meaning of interpreted. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse.
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As I'm certain you are aware, the problem in the past with this new technology in automotive sound has been road vibrations interfering with an accurate dispersal of the phonic interpretations. (source)interpretations = conversions (from record to sound)standard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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Both Maher and Fitzgerald spoke Japanese, and they served as the camp's only resident interpreters. (source)interpreters = people who translate spoken words into another language
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Can you dismiss what you've seen and experienced today as some sort of misinterpretation of the facts?† (source)misinterpretation = wrong translationstandard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misinterpretation means wrong and reverses the meaning of interpretation. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse.
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"Fine," Shari says, clearly misinterpreting my reluctance.† (source)misinterpreting = wrongly translatingstandard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misinterpreting means wrong and reverses the meaning of interpreting. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse.
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and interpreteth it for such Binding as is attributed (Matth.† (source)interpreteth = translatesstandard suffix: Today, the suffix "-eth" is replaced by "-s", so that where they said "She interpreteth" in older English, today we say "She interprets."
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interpret as in: her interpretation of the data
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I don't know how to interpret her smile.interpret = understand (In this case: Why did she smile? What does it mean?)
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How did you interpret the last scene of the movie?interpret = understand or explain (in this case, perhaps the meaning or significance of the scene)
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I like to try to interpret dreams.interpret = understand or explain (In this case, the meaning or significance of the dream.)
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I prefer interpretive questions to those that merely ask for a fact.interpretive = relating to understanding or explaining something in a particular way
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How will a court interpret the word careless if there is a lawsuit?interpret = understand (what does it mean exactly?)
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The two sides disagree on how that clause of the contract should be interpreted.interpreted = understood or explained (In this case, exactly what does it mean in this context?)
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She interpreted the verb "judge" as "to pass sentence", but he had meant it as "to discern or to see fine distinctions".interpreted = understood
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Ongoing arguments about the "correct" interpretation of some cryptic passage in Anorak's Almanac. (source)interpretation = understanding (of something in a particular way)standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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After many minutes at his side, when everything slowed, she attempted to interpret the dream. (source)interpret = explain the meaning of
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Up to that point, our encounter could have been interpreted as a respectful inquiry, one man asking for the whereabouts of another man. (source)interpreted = understood (in a particular way)
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Plastering your absurd interpretations on to the most innocent of gestures. (source)interpretations = ways of understanding or explaining thingsstandard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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Interpreting the Count's expression as one of hesitation, Nina—that most self-reliant of souls—gripped the Count by the arm. "I have no one else to turn to, Alexander." (source)Interpreting = thinking
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He holds out both his arms, and she interprets this gesture as "undress me." (source)interprets = understands (something in a particular way)
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The French lawyer is simply a man extensively acquainted with the statutes of his country; but the English or American lawyer resembles the hierophants of Egypt, for, like them, he is the sole interpreter of an occult science. (source)interpreter = expert who understands a complex subject and can explain it to non-experts
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All the world was eager to nourish the interpreters of so much beauty.† (source)interpreters = people who explain or understand things in a particular way
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Interpretive skills.† (source)Interpretive = relating to understanding or explaining something in a particular waystandard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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Misinterpretations swarm my mind.† (source)Misinterpretations = wrong understandingsstandard prefix: The prefix "mis-" in misinterpretations means wrong and reverses the meaning of interpretations. This is the same pattern you see in words like misunderstand, misbehave, and misuse.
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interpret as in: her musical interpretation
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Rather than record the songs herself, she likes to write them and let other musicians interpret them.
interpret = expresses personal artistic ideas or feelings while performing someone else's work
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She interprets others' music in an original way.interprets = expresses personal artistic ideas while performing someone else's work
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The piece was written to be happy, but I completely missed that in her interpretation.interpretation = an artists performance of another artist's work that expresses the performer's feelings or ideas about the work
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She won the interpretive dance contest.interpretive = related to expressing personal artistic ideas or feelings while performing (or performing to) someone else's work
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I loved her interpretation of Lady Macbeth.interpretation = an artists performance of another artist's work that expresses the performer's feelings or ideas about the workstandard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
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Some interpretive dance. (source)interpretive = expressing personal artistic ideas while performing another's workstandard suffix: The suffix "-ive" converts a word into an adjective; though over time, what was originally an adjective often comes to be used as a noun. The adjective pattern means tending to and is seen in words like attractive, impressive, and supportive. Examples of the noun include narrative, alternative, and detective.
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When the concert was over.... The professional elocutionist, Mrs. Evans, came and chatted with her, telling her that she had a charming voice and "interpreted" her selections beautifully. (source)interpreted = captured the feelings of
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I wished I could watch this kind of dancing every day: it was astonishingly expansive, and the big-nosed dancers' artistic interpretations and discipline quickly gained our respect. (source)interpretations = performances that express personal feelings or ideasstandard suffix: The suffix "-tions", converts a verb into a plural noun that denotes results of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in actions, illustrations, and observations.
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(Chef Zhukovsky's interpretation of a traditional Russian feast) (source)interpretation = unique version
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If I can't do my interpretive dance, I don't want to dance with anyone. (source)interpretive = expressing personal artistic ideas while performing another's work
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He felt as if a polite but insistent stage-manager were attempting to make him give a new interpretation of a part he had conned for years. (source)interpretation = an artists performance of another artist's work that expresses the performer's feelings or ideas about the work
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But although the photographer had been prevented from reproducing directly the masterpieces or the beauties of nature, and had there been replaced by a great artist, he resumed his odious position when it came to reproducing the artist's interpretation. (source)interpretation = an artist's work expressing feelings or ideas about something
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Martyn appeared with their first course: Emile's interpretation of the Olivier salad for Sofia and goose-liver pâté for the Count. (source)interpretation = unique version
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There was a proper consumption of strong waters all along the line; one man invariably went on the stage highly stimulated, claiming that his particular interpretation of the part required it. (source)interpretation = an artists performance of another artist's work that expresses the performer's feelings or ideas about the work
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