Define
Interpret
Interpret verb - To make plain or understandable.
Usage example: a biblical passage that scholars haven't been able to interpret to everyone's satisfaction
Define is a synonym for interpret in activity topic. You can use "Define" instead a verb "Interpret", if it concerns topics such as explain, translate, render more intelligible.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- illustrate and define
- illustrate and interpret
- determine and define
- determine and interpret
- specify and define
- specify and interpret
- delineate and define
- delineate and interpret
- gloss and define
- gloss and interpret
- describe and define
- describe and interpret
- illuminate and define
- illuminate and interpret
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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They might go so far as to believe (possibly correctly) that their superiors have the right to interpret or define the rules as they see fit.
Source: Lawful Neutral -
Coming-of-Age Story Cool Old Guy: Gendou, depending on how you define the term (possibly more towards "oyadi" and how you interpret the character.) Corner of Woe: Gendou, underneath trademark Evangelion spotlights.
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