{
    "term": "interpret",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "interpret",
            "heSheIt": "interprets"
        },
        "pastSimple": "interpreted",
        "pastParticiple": "interpreted",
        "ingForm": "interpreting"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to explain the meaning of something",
            "sensetop": "interpret something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The students were asked to interpret the poem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **data** can be **interpreted** in many different ways."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These **results** must be **interpreted** cautiously."
                },
                {
                    "text": "judges who will faithfully interpret the Constitution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "These figures cannot be easily interpreted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all seek to interpret what we hear and what we read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The figure of the Ancient Mariner has been variously interpreted."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accurately", "correctly", "properly"],
                "verb + interpret": ["be difficult to", "be hard to", "be able to"],
                "preposition": ["as"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be interpreted to mean something",
                    "be variously interpreted (as something)",
                    "be widely interpreted as something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to decide that something has a particular meaning and to understand it in this way",
            "sensetop": "interpret something as somethinginterpret something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I didn't know whether to interpret her silence as acceptance or refusal.",
                    "contextForm": "interpret something as something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research focused on how parents interpret the behaviour of their toddlers.",
                    "contextForm": "interpret something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Different people might interpret events differently."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The title could be interpreted to mean ‘human intelligence’."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The term ‘business’ is here interpreted broadly to include all types of organization in the public and private sectors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her message was interpreted as a warning to the general."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His resignation has been widely interpreted as an admission of his guilt."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The strictness of the rules, even when liberally interpreted, has the effect of restricting innovation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is context and convention that determine whether a term will be interpreted literally or metaphorically."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accurately", "correctly", "properly"],
                "verb + interpret": ["be difficult to", "be hard to", "be able to"],
                "preposition": ["as"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be interpreted to mean something",
                    "be variously interpreted (as something)",
                    "be widely interpreted as something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to translate one language into another as it is spoken",
            "sensetop": "interpret for somebodyinterpret something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He took me with him to interpret in case no one spoke English."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She couldn't speak much English so her children had to interpret for her.",
                    "contextForm": "interpret for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Interpreters must interpret everything that is said in the interaction.",
                    "contextForm": "interpret something"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["accurately", "correctly", "properly"],
                "verb + interpret": ["be difficult to", "be hard to", "be able to"],
                "preposition": ["as"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be interpreted to mean something",
                    "be variously interpreted (as something)",
                    "be widely interpreted as something"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc. in a way that shows your feelings about its meaning",
            "sensetop": "interpret something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He interpreted the role with a lot of humour."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːprət/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interpret__gb_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːprəts/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interprets__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːprətɪd/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interpreted__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːprətɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interpreting__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːrprət/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interpret__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːrprəts/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interprets__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːrprətɪd/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interpreted__us_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈtɜːrprətɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/interpret/interpreting__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French interpreter or Latin interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’."
}