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interpret
UK/ɪnˈtɜːprət/US/ɪnˈtɝːprət/in·TER·pret
Band 5-6task2speaking
to explain the meaning of information or actions
Examples
“It's important to interpret the statistics carefully in your essay.”
“Different researchers may interpret the same data in different ways.”
“In Part 3 you might be asked to interpret survey results.”
Band 8 sentence
“When interpreting qualitative interviews, the researcher considered both explicit statements and underlying themes.”
Collocations
- interpret data/results
- interpret findings
Word family
interpretation ninterpretable adj
Common mistakes
translate→interpret
understand→interpret
Say it for a higher band
5explain→6interpret→7+interpret
Synonyms
explain
Easily confused
translate
“She translated the article from Spanish into English for the journal.”
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