Interpret
Crossword Clue & Answers

2 December 2021
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 11 answers for the crossword clue 'Interpret', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Interpret a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Interpret as an answer itself some 61 times.

Interpret is a single word clue made up of 9 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Monday, 13 December 2021 with the answer being EXPLAIN, but the most popular answer for this clue is EXPOUND.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 13 Dec 2021
• The Sun Cryptic - 21 May 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 1 May 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 16 Apr 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 19 Oct 2020
• The Sun Cryptic - 23 Aug 2020
• The Guardian Speedy - 21 Apr 2019
• The New York Times Crossword - 16 May 2017

Definitions and usage

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• Make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
• Restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
• Give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
• Make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
• Give an interpretation or explanation to
• Create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

SEE
Date regularly; have a steady relationship with; "Did you know that she is seeing an older man?"; "He is dating his former wife again!"

4 Letters

READ
Be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

REDE
Give advice to; "The teacher counsels troubled students"; "The lawyer counselled me when I was accused of tax fraud"

6 Letters

RENDER
Give back; "render money"

7 Letters

EXPLAIN
Serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"

EXPOUND
State; "set forth one's reasons"

8 Letters

CONSTRUE
Make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"

DECIPHER
Read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

9 Letters

REPRESENT
Describe or present, usually with respect to a particular quality; "He represented this book as an example of the Russian 19th century novel"

TRANSLATE
Be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way; "poetry often does not translate"; "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"

10 Letters

UNDERSTAND
Be understanding of; "You don't need to explain--I understand!"