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

Synonym(s): construe, see

Hypernym(s): understand

· give an interpretation or explanation to

Synonym(s): rede

Hypernym(s): explain, explicate

· give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"

Synonym(s): render

Hypernym(s): perform, execute, do

· create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"

Synonym(s): represent

Hypernym(s): re-create

· 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."

Synonym(s): translate, render

Hypernym(s): repeat, reiterate, ingeminate, iterate, restate, retell

· make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Synonym(s): understand, read, translate

Hypernym(s): understand