APA Dictionary of Psychology

interpret

Updated on 04/19/2018
vb.
  1. to translate orally from one language into another. A distinction is sometimes made between interpreting, in which it is sufficient to convey the sense of the original, and translation, in which some attempt to replicate form and style will also usually be made.
  2. in psychotherapy, to provide an interpretation. —interpreter n.
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