All 7 Uses
interpret
in
The Poisonwood Bible
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- Our Father probably interpreted Broca's aphasia as God's Christmas bonus to one of His worthier employees.
Chpt 1 *interpreted = understood (in a particular way)
- When he says anything at all, even a simple thing about a car or a plumbing repair, it tends to come out like this—in terms that can be interpreted as sacred.
Chpt 1
- He told Anatole he respected and valued his help (meaning: I've had about enough of your lip, Buster Brown) but was disappointed by the villagers' childlike interpretations of God's plan (meaning: you are just as big of a dingwit as the rest of them).
Chpt 2interpretations = understandings
- I repeated to Nelson that, however he might interpret the parable of Job, our family doesn't believe in witch-doctor ngangas and evil-eye fetishes and the nkisis and gree-grees people wear around their necks, to ward off curses and the like.
Chpt 3interpret = understand the meaning of
- Personally I've never been troubled by any such difficulties with interpreting God's word.
Chpt 3interpreting = understanding (something in a particular way)
- More and more, mistrusting his interpreters, he tries to speak in Kikongo.
Chpt 3 *interpreters = people who translate spoken words into another language
- So what looks like mass murder to us is probably misinterpreted ritual.†
Chpt 5misinterpreted = 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.
Definitions:
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(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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(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: 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)