All 10 Uses
interpret
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Mountains Beyond Mountains
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- "I don't have any that are based on analysis or numbers or hardheaded interpretation of the best available data," he said.†
Chpt 4.21 *interpretation = a particular understanding or explanation
- I thought he was done, but he was only pausing for the interpreter to catch up.†
Chpt 4.23interpreter = someone who translates language
- The interpreter leaned over to Farmer and explained that this man was a local oligarch, part owner of this place and also of Siberian gas and oil fields.†
Chpt 5.24
- I asked the interpreter.†
Chpt 5.24 *
- After a few days in Cange with Farmer, I came to expect such interpretive discourses.†
Chpt 1.3
- The thesis was to be an "interpretive anthropology of affliction," combining evidence from ethnography, history, epidemiology, and economics.†
Chpt 2.11
- He overheard Chouchou's pwen, his pointed comment, and interpreted it correctly as anti-junta, pro-Aristide.†
Chpt 2.11
- Farmer sat on a wooden bench, his stethoscope around his neck, and Jaime sat beside him, to act as interpreter—Farmer couldn't yet speak Spanish.†
Chpt 3.15
- Therefore I will interpret what you say and do in a favorable light.†
Chpt 4.22
- Farmer interprets all this as "a giant morality play, a commentary on social inequality."†
Chpt 5.26
Definitions:
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(1)
(interpret as in: interpret Spanish to English) to translate someone’s words into spoken words of another language while they are speaking
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(2)
(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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(3)
(interpret as in: her musical interpretation) capture someone else's ideas, or express personal artistic ideas or feelings while performing someone else's work
- (4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)