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interpreting

verb

Meaning

  1. To 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.
  2. To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation
  3. To act as an interpreter.
  4. To analyse or execute (a program) by reading the instructions as they are encountered, rather than compiling in advance.
  5. An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.
  6. A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning .
  7. The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
  8. The power of explaining.
  9. An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
  10. An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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