interpret
verb
[ ɪnˈtəːprɪt ]
• explain the meaning of (information or actions).
• "the evidence is difficult to interpret"
Similar:
explain,
elucidate,
expound,
explicate,
clarify,
make clear,
make plain,
illuminate,
shed light on,
throw light on,
gloss,
simplify,
spell out,
decipher,
decode,
solve,
resolve,
untangle,
unravel,
make intelligible,
understand,
comprehend,
make sense of,
crack,
• translate orally or into sign language the words of a person speaking a different language.
• "I agreed to interpret for Jean-Claude"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French interpreter or Latin interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’.
