To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.
The word "interpret" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it to mean try to explain something, or listen to someone and then explain what it means in your own words. Example: The teacher asked the students to interpret the poem for the class.
"The conventions are not rigid…We are allowed to interpret them so long as our interpretation is still consistent with our universal desire to reduce the misuse and abuse of harmful products throughout the world," he said last year.
We might interpret it to mean we're all in this together; every state, every individual, is part of a united operation built from 13 colonies with a vision.
Some news outlets used pictures that seemed to have been taken from Smart's social media accounts, showing her posing for selfies wearing a low-cut top – a decision it's difficult not to interpret as a snide suggestion that she might have somehow been "asking for it".
To what extent should dialogue stand alone and what comes into play when we interpret a character's way of speaking?
The comments that mothers make that they think are helpful are the comments daughters interpret as critical".
The really interesting part of my job is to interpret the French-speaking world, which is partly in Paris in microcosm, but also much bigger than France.
For decades, the memorial has been Canberra's most popular public institution – its mandate "to assist Australians to remember, interpret and understand the Australian experience of war and its enduring impact on Australian society".
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MA of Applied Linguistic, Maquarie University, Australia