interpret – English verb conjugation

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to interpret
Participle: interpreted
Gerund: interpreting

Cognates

-

Indicative

Subjunctive

Conditional

Imperative

you	interpret
we	Let's interpret
you	interpret

Indicative

Conditional

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to deem; to look upon as; to think of as being

account, consider, deem, dub, find, judge, regard, think of, view

translate

explain, explicate, define, decipher, depict, elucidate, portray, render

explain

construe, clarify, translate, understand

Antonyms

explain

perplex, confuse, confound, mystify

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1382, from L. interpretari "explain, expound, understand," from interpres "agent, translator," from inter- + second element of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Skt. prath- "to spread abroad." Interpretation is attested from 1292 in Anglo-Fr. Interpreter "one who translates spoken languages" is from 1382. Interpretative is from 1569, properly formed from the L. pp. stem; interpretive, which means the same thing but is less correct, is from 1680.
2. From Middle English interpreten, from Old French enterpreter, (French interpréter), from Latin interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret”), past participle interpretatus, from interpres (“an agent, broker, explainer, interpreter, negotiator”), from inter (“between”) + -pres, probably the root of pretium (“price”); -pres is probably connected with Ancient Greek φράζειν (phrázein, “to point out, show, explain, declare, speak”), from which φραδή (phradḗ, “understanding”), φράσις (phrásis, “speech”); see phrase. See: French 'interpréter', Latin 'interpretor'.

Verbs referencing "interpret"

Esperanto interpreti.

Sample Sentences