Interpreting
[ɪn'tɜːprɪtɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Interpret
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Examples
- Whether they or their judges had any part in penning those laws, which they assumed the liberty of interpreting, and glossing upon at their pleasure? Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- He could remain her brotherly friend, interpreting her actions with generous trustfulness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Ferguson--(interpreting)--He says two Napoleons--eight dollars. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- They were implements for instituting, conducting, interpreting experimental inquiries and formulating their results. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- His eloquent look had more to say, his hand drew me forward, his interpreting lips stirred. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- No one would deny the right of forming a provisional assumption to the intelligence officer interpreting a cipher, or to the detective unravelling the mystery of a crime. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
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