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# interpret

«interpret» in Mova's school dictionary: **to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (interpret, interprets, interpreted, interpreting)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To interpret something is to explain or decide what it means: interpret a poem, interpret a graph. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#m1)

2) To interpret is to translate aloud what someone says from one language into another as they speak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#m2)

3) To interpret music, a role or a dance is to perform it in your own way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths and science: interpret a graph, chart or results — say what the numbers show. In English lessons: interpret a poem or a character's actions. In everyday life: an interpreter helps people who speak different languages, or uses sign language. In church: people interpret Bible passages.

### examples

- Can you interpret what this bar chart shows? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x1)
- I interpreted her smile as a yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x2)
- A teacher interpreted for the new pupil from Poland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x3)
- People interpret this poem in many different ways. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x4)
- The scientist interpreted the results carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x5)
- Each pianist interprets the music a little differently. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x6)
- He interpreted the silence as anger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x7)
- The Flower understood this, in her way, as we interpret everything in our way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/#x8)

### note

Noun: interpretation; person: an interpreter. Trap: an interpreter works with speech; a translator works with written text. Past: interpreted (not «interpretated»). In maths, «interpret» means read off values and say what they mean in words.

### In the corpora

- [But he hanged the chief baker, as Joseph had interpreted to them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.1295/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «interpret» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interpret/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.