Interpret Meaning

/ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/
B2

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

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verbTo decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.

verbTo explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.

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CEFR Practice Quiz
To translate the ancient text, the scholar had to ____ the meaning of each symbol carefully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was hired to ____ for the French delegation during the international conference on climate change.

From Middle English interpreten, from Old French enterpreter, (French interpréter), from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret”), past participle interpretatus, from interpres (“an agent, broker, explainer, interpreter, negotiator”), from inter (“between”) + -pres, probably the root of pretium (“price”); -pres is probably connected with Ancient Greek φράζειν (phrázein, “to point out, show, explain, declare, speak”), from which φραδή (phradḗ, “understanding”), φράσις (phrásis, “speech”); see phrase.

"The use of algorithms in policing is one example of their increasing influence on our lives.[…]who, if anyone, is policing their use[?] Such concerns were sharpened further by the continuing revelations about how the US National Security Agency (NSA) has been using algorithms to help it interpret the colossal amounts of data it has collected from its covert dragnet of international telecommunications." — 2013 July 26, Leo Hickman, “How algorithms rule the world”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 7, page 26:

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CEFR Practice Quiz
To translate the ancient text, the scholar had to ____ the meaning of each symbol carefully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
She was hired to ____ for the French delegation during the international conference on climate change.

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