[
UK
/ɪntˈɜːpɹɪtɪd/
]
[ US /ˌɪnˈtɝpɹətəd/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈtɝpɹətəd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
understood in a certain way; made sense of
an open door interpreted as an invitation
a smile taken as consent
a word taken literally
How To Use interpreted In A Sentence
- The formation of coral terraces is interpreted as the product of approximately uniform long-term uplift superimposed on eustatic changes in sea level.
- Words regarding the necessity to change the souls of human beings to effect real change in the world should not be interpreted to mean that black religious leaders were adopting a quietistic approach to civil rights.
- Like the invitation to run together, he blurted out such things as if he were completely unaware of how they might be interpreted, with a guileless innocence that couldn't help but put me at ease.
- So free-standing pronouns are accusative, even when they're interpreted as subjects: Who did that?
- Calliaud, and by arguments and reasons by him delivered, he was persuaded to unsay his swearing, and to declare that he believed that the affidavit which he made at Patna, and while the transaction was recent or nearly recent, must be a mistake: that he _believed_ (what is amazing indeed for any belief) that not Mr. Hastings, but he himself, interpreted. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 09 (of 12)
- Ancient parfleche and quillwork designs are reinterpreted in beadwork, a craft that arose in the post-Contact era, when glass beads became available beaded moccasins, right, $125 and up; baby mocs shown in additional photos at bottom, $35-$80; Melvin Miner beaded rattle, below, $70. Stephanie Woodard: Adventure Shopping Alert: Sale on Fine Lakota Crafts
- In such cases, the demonstrative (or argumental name) is interpreted as “a pronominal place marker” (op. cit., Names
- This might be interpreted as a de facto recognition of the republic's independence.
- That he announced this with a mischievous grin can be interpreted as you choose. Times, Sunday Times
- When you are struggling with an unfamiliar language, the simplest conversations can be misinterpreted.