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| Main Entry: | translate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | interpret, explain |
| Synonyms: | construe, convert, decipher, decode, elucidate, explicate, gloss, paraphrase, put, render, reword, simplify, spell out, transcribe, transpose, turn, do into, make clear, metaphrase, transliterate |
| Main Entry: | translate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change |
| Synonyms: | alter, commute, convert, metamorphose, transform, transpose, turn, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute |
| Antonyms: | stagnate |
| Main Entry: | change |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become different |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, adapt, adjust, alter, alternate, commute, convert, diminish, diverge, diversify, evolve, fluctuate, merge, metamorphose, moderate, modify, modulate, mutate, naturalize, redo, reduce, reform, regenerate, remodel, renovate, reorganize, replace, resolve, revolutionize, shape, shift, substitute, temper, transform, translate, transpose, turn, vacillate, vary, veer, warp, make innovations, make over, recondition, remake, restyle, tamper with, transfigure, transmute |
| Antonyms: | continue, hold, keep, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | commute |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exchange, trade |
| Synonyms: | barter, change, convert, interchange, metamorphose, substitute, switch, transfer, transform, translate, transpose, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | construe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deduce; explain |
| Synonyms: | analyze, decipher, define, explicate, expound, figure it to be, infer, interpret, one's best guess, parse, read, render, spell out, take, translate, understand |
| Main Entry: | convert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change; adapt |
| Synonyms: | alter, apply, appropriate, commute, downlink, download, interchange, make, metamorphose, modify, remodel, reorganize, revise, switch, transform, translate, transpose, turn, restyle, switch over, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute |
| Antonyms: | endure, hold, idle, keep, persist, remain, stay, wait |
| Main Entry: | decipher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, understand |
| Synonyms: | analyze, break, bring out, cipher, construe, crack, decode, deduce, disentangle, elucidate, explain, expound, interpret, make out, read, render, reveal, solve, spell, translate, unfold, unravel, break down, dope out, encipher, find the key, make clear, puzzle out, unriddle |
| Antonyms: | code, encode, scramble |
| Main Entry: | decode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | decipher |
| Synonyms: | break, clear up, crack, interpret, read, solve, translate, unravel, untangle, work out, crack the code, decrypt, figure out, find the solution, make clear, unriddle, unscramble |
| Main Entry: | define |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give description |
| Synonyms: | ascertain, assign, characterize, construe, decide, delineate, denote, describe, designate, detail, determine, dub, elucidate, entitle, etch, exemplify, explain, expound, illustrate, interpret, label, name, prescribe, represent, specify, spell out, tag, translate, call a spade a spade, denominate, formalize, lay it out, nail it down |
| Antonyms: | confuse, distort, tangle, twist |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | figure out, solve |
| Synonyms: | adapt, decipher, decode, interpret, render, resolve, translate, transpose, work out, puzzle out, transliterate |
| Main Entry: | explain |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make clear; give a reason for |
| Synonyms: | account for, analyze, annotate, bring out, clarify, clear up, construe, decipher, define, demonstrate, describe, diagram, disclose, elucidate, excuse, explicate, expound, get across*, illustrate, interpret, justify, manifest, paraphrase, point out, rationalize, read, refine, render, resolve, reveal, solve, spell out*, teach, tell, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle, break down, go into detail, make plain, put across, put in plain English, set right, throw light upon |
| Notes: | explicate also contains the implication that the something of which an account is being given is more complicated or detailed - so while one may explain why a child is crying, one would explicate the meaning of a poem or implications of a legal document; early senses of explain were 'smooth out' and 'spread flat' |
| Antonyms: | complicate, confuse, mystify, obscure, perplex, be vague |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gloss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | define |
| Synonyms: | annotate, comment, construe, elucidate, explain, interpret, justify, translate |
| Antonyms: | misinform |
| Main Entry: | interpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sense of; define |
| Synonyms: | adapt, annotate, clarify, comment, construe, decipher, decode, delineate, depict, describe, elucidate, enact, exemplify, explain, explicate, expound, gather, gloss, illustrate, image, improvise, limn, mimic, paraphrase, perform, picture, play, portray, read, render, represent, solve, spell out, take*, translate, understand, view, commentate, make of, reenact, throw light on |
| Antonyms: | misinterpret, misunderstand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | metamorphose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | convert, transform |
| Synonyms: | age, alter, change, commute, develop, diverge, mature, mutate, remodel, ripen, translate, vary, be reborn, remake, reshape, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute, transubstantiate |
| Antonyms: | stagnate |
| Main Entry: | put |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propose; express in words |
| Synonyms: | advance, air, couch, express, formulate, forward, give, offer, phrase, pose, prefer, present, proposition, render, set, state, submit, suggest, tender, translate, transpose, turn, utter, vent, ventilate, word, bring forward, posit, propone, propound, set before |
| Main Entry: | read |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | look at and understand written word |
| Synonyms: | apprehend, comprehend, construe, decipher, dip into*, discover, gather, glance, go over, go through, interpret, know, learn, make out*, perceive, peruse, scan, see, skim, study, translate, unravel, view, bury oneself in, flip through*, leaf through, pore over, refer to, scratch the surface |
| Antonyms: | write |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | spell out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | clarify, explain |
| Synonyms: | brief, clear up, decipher, decode, define, describe, diagram, expound, get across*, illustrate, interpret, justify, point out, teach, tell, translate, unfold, unravel, untangle, break down, clue in, draw a map, fill someone in, go into detail, make plain, put across, put in plain English, throw light upon |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transcribe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | transfer to another medium |
| Synonyms: | decipher, duplicate, engross, interpret, note, record, render, reproduce, rewrite, take down, tape, transfer, translate, copy out, reprint, set out, tape-record, transliterate, write out |
| Main Entry: | transfer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pass possession to |
| Synonyms: | assign, bear, bring, carry, cart, cede, change, consign, convert, convey, deed, delegate, deliver, dislocate, dispatch, dispense, displace, disturb, express, feed, ferry, find, forward, give, hand, hand over, haul, lug, mail, metamorphose, move, pass the buck*, post, provide, relegate, remove, sell, send, shift, ship, shoulder, supply, translate, transmit, transplant, transport, transpose, turn over, make over, pass on, relocate, sign over, taxi, tote, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | transform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change completely |
| Synonyms: | alter, commute, convert, cook, doctor, metamorphose, mold, mutate, reconstruct, remodel, renew, revamp, revolutionize, switch, transfer, translate, transpose, denature, make over, shift gears, sing different tune, switch over, transfigure, transmogrify, transmute, turn around, turn over new leaf, turn the corner, turn the tables |
| Antonyms: | preserve, stagnate, leave alone |
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