verb · academic
interpret
UK/ɪnˈtɜːprɪt/US/ɪnˈtɝprət/in·TER·pret
to explain the meaning of something or to understand something in a particular way
Examples
“It is difficult to interpret the survey results without considering sampling bias.”
“Different researchers may interpret the same data in different ways.”
“In this study, responses were interpreted as indicators of social trust.”
Band 8 sentence
“When interpreting the statistical outputs, one must distinguish between correlation and causation.”
Collocations
- interpret data/results/findings
- be interpreted as
Word family
Common mistakes
We interpret the data that shows an increase.→We interpret the data as showing an increase.
She translate the results wrong.→She misinterpreted the results.
This finding interpret differently by two authors.→This finding is interpreted differently by two authors.
Say it for a higher band
5translate→6explain→7+interpret
Synonyms
explain
translate
Easily confused
translate
“The translator translated the interview literally, but the researcher interpreted the answers in context.”
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