interpret

Definitions

To explain the meaning of information, words, or actions.

To perform or render a creative work according to one's own artistic understanding.

To translate orally or into sign language the words of a person speaking a different language.

Examples

It is difficult to interpret the true meaning behind his cryptic message.

The students were asked to interpret the poem in their own unique way.

She was hired to interpret for the foreign delegates during the international conference.

Synonyms

construe decipher explain translate elucidate clarify analyze

Antonyms

misinterpret confuse obscure distort misunderstand mystify complicate