interpreted

1. 1.

   understood in a certain way; made sense of

   “a word taken literally”

   “a smile taken as consent”

   “an open door interpreted as an invitation”

   Synonymstaken

   Similarunderstood

Questions about interpreted

What does interpreted mean?

interpreted means "understood in a certain way; made sense of".

How many syllables are in interpreted?

interpreted has 4 syllables: in-ter-pre-ted. The stress falls on "ter". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈtɝpɹətəd/.

What is another word for interpreted?

Close synonyms include taken. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is interpreted a common word?

interpreted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.