interpreting

verb

present participle of interpret
1
as in explaining
to make plain or understandable a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction

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2
as in playing
to present a portrayal or performance of interpreted the role of Fletcher Christian in a challengingly new way

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Recent Examples of interpreting The native vision capability in Kimi K3 enables visual-to-code generation and supports real-world software engineering tasks that require interpreting screenshots and visual layouts. — Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 The repetition of spotting weak arguments in a memo, interpreting ambiguous data, and anticipating stakeholder’s concerns, built judgment. — Marlo Lyons, Harvard Business Review, 24 July 2026 So, is there some freedom in interpreting his actions differently? — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 23 July 2026 The irony, for some legal experts, is that Barbara is a rare example of the high court interpreting the 14th Amendment broadly. — Scott Baldauf, Christian Science Monitor, 22 July 2026 Like its predecessor, the new collection assembles an eclectic roster of artists interpreting Young’s catalog. — Spin Staff, SPIN, 22 July 2026 During last year's American Century Championship, Rice snapped at reporters after interpreting questions about the Kansas City Chiefs as digs at his beloved 49ers. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026 LLMs, for example, are not given robust, explicit prescriptions on grammar, or an overly structured map for interpreting what matters and why about every point of knowledge in their datasets. — ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026 The murder and its fraught causes are recounted by a Bengali analyst, who is himself interpreting them from the records of a different analyst with connections to Chatterjee’s two living children. — The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for interpreting
  1. explaining
  2. playing
  3. clarifying
  4. performing
  5. illustrating
  6. portraying
  7. demonstrating
  8. depicting
Verb
  • The first spends the answer explaining that management never provided the necessary materials, no experienced coworker offered assistance and expectations were unrealistic.
    — Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • Like with Meta, Microsoft on Wednesday evening needs to do a better job explaining its AI strategy and justifying the massive levels of capex spend.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 26 July 2026
Definition of explaining
Verb
  • Even with their side trip to Utah, Memphis had four of the top seven players in minutes in Vegas, helped by playing a sixth game in the championship.
    — John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Only the two teams that make the championship game playing a sixth game, but the Heat is likely out of the mix for the championship game with two losses in Las Vegas.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Definition of playing
Verb
  • Establishing Clear Ground Rules With Reporters The importance of clarifying standards is critical.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • For lawyers working to defend and expand anti-BDS legislation in court, PEN America’s new boycott position is clarifying.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Definition of clarifying
Verb
  • For a guy used to the warmth of an arena crowd, Pragiwaksono romanticizes open mics, those awkward showcases of aspiring comics performing largely in front of other aspiring comics.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • Outside, there will be giveaways, inflatables, DJs and local mascots and cheerleaders performing.
    — Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of performing
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  • Multiple studies using different approaches reached broadly consistent conclusions, illustrating how scientists conducting attribution studies can build confidence in the conclusions by drawing on several independent lines of evidence.
    — Deepti Singh, The Conversation, 24 July 2026
  • Marx also discussed forestry as another example illustrating the same process.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 July 2026
Definition of illustrating
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  • Arnault accused the newspaper—which is largely owned by the partner of Arnault’s daughter—of portraying other wealthy families in a more favorable light.
    — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • In these quick watches, creators must provide the most entertaining segments of a debate, usually portraying clips of jarring language and rhetoric.
    — Vriti Shah, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 July 2026
Definition of portraying
Verb
  • Sessions explored historical philanthropic strategies, future technologies like AI, and the importance of research in demonstrating HBCU impact.
    — Marybeth Gasman, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026
  • The new initiative expands that work by demonstrating how multiple electrical technologies can operate together within a complete aircraft energy architecture.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 July 2026
Definition of demonstrating
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  • The backstory La Playa was built in 1905 by landscape painter Chris Jorgensen (he's known for his work depicting California landscapes; a number of his paintings are displayed at the property) for his wife, chocolate heiress Angela Ghirardelli.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • Three traditional Chinese flower-and-bird paintings, ancient ceramic fragments depicting the magnolia, and works by a local paper flower maker helped set the scene.
    — Denni Hu, Footwear News, 30 July 2026
Definition of depicting

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