interpretable

Variant of interpret

interpret definition

in·ter·pret (in tʉr′prət)

transitive verb

  1. to explain the meaning of; make understandable to interpret a poem
  2. to translate (esp. oral remarks)
  3. to have or show one's own understanding of the meaning of; construe to interpret a silence as contempt
  4. to bring out the meaning of; esp., to give one's own conception of (a work of art), as in performance or criticism
  5. to translate (a program in a high-level language) into machine language and execute it, statement by statement: said of an interpreter program

Etymology: ME interpreten < MFr intepréter < L interpretari < interpres, agent between two parties, broker, interpreter

intransitive verb

to act as an interpreter; explain or translate

Related Forms:

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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