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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ɪnˈtɜː^rprɪtə^r/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(in tûr′pri tər)

in•ter•pret•er (in tûr′pri tər),USA pronunciation n.

a person who interprets.
a person who provides an oral translation between speakers who speak different languages.
Computing
- Computinghardware or software that transforms one statement at a time of a program written in a high-level language into a sequence of machine actions and executes the statement immediately before going on to transform the next statement. Cf. compiler (def. 2).
- Computingan electromechanical device that reads the patterns of holes in punched cards and prints the same data on the cards, so that they can be read more conveniently by people.

Anglo-French; see interpret, -er²
Middle English interpretour 1350–1400

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interpreter /ɪnˈtɜːprɪtə/ n

a person who translates orally from one language into another
a person who interprets the work of others
a program that translates a second program to machine code one statement at a time and causes the execution of the resulting code as soon as the translation is completed

inˈterpreterˌship n

in•ter•pret /ɪnˈtɜrprɪt/USA pronunciation v.

to give or provide the meaning of;
explain:[~ + object]to interpret a fable.
to understand (something said, ordered, or done) in a particular way:[~ + object (+ as)]We chose to interpret the reply as favorable.
to translate what is said in a foreign language: [no object]He interprets at the UN.[~ + object]He interpreted the speech for us.
to bring out the meaning of (a dramatic work, a piece of music, etc.), as by performance or explanation:[~ + object]The student interpreted the symbolism in Yeats' poem.

in•ter•pret•er, n. [countable]

in•ter•pret (in tûr′prit),USA pronunciation v.t.

to give or provide the meaning of;
explain;
explicate;
elucidate:to interpret the hidden meaning of a parable.
to construe or understand in a particular way:to interpret a reply as favorable.
to bring out the meaning of (a dramatic work, music, etc.) by performance or execution.
to perform or render (a song, role in a play, etc.) according to one's own understanding or sensitivity:The actor interpreted Lear as a weak, pitiful old man.
to translate orally.
Computing
- to transform (a program written in a high-level language) with an interpreter into a sequence of machine actions, one statement at a time, executing each statement immediately before going on to transform the next one.
- to read (the patterns of holes in punched cards) with an interpreter, printing the interpreted data on the same cards so that they can be read more conveniently by people. Cf. interpreter (def. 3).

v.i.

to translate what is said in a foreign language.
to explain something;
give an explanation.

Latin interpretārī, derivative of interpret- (stem of interpres) explainer
Middle English interpreten 1350–1400

in•ter′pret•a•ble, adj.
in•ter′pret•a•bil′i•ty, in•ter′pret•a•ble•ness, n.
in•ter′pret•a•bly, adv.

explain.

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Synonyms: translator, simultaneous interpreter, dubbing interpreter, more...

Collocations: works as an interpreter, is an interpreter for the [UN, EU], need an interpreter for the [meeting, conference], more...

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