interpret
verb (used with object)
interpreting
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present participleof interpret.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Consider the measure of insider sentiment favored by Nejat Seyhun, a finance professor at the University of Michigan and a leading expert on interpreting insider behavior.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
Gustavo Duque, mayor of Chacao, a middle-class Caracas neighbourhood, urges caution in interpreting the red sign too simply.
From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026
But these views deserve no weight in interpreting the amendments’ transformative guarantees.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2026
Women come from other groups, but in worlds where female mobility is a common pattern, from the great apes to human societies, interpreting this signal immediately becomes more subtle.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 2026
The anonymous author of 1604 had been quite right to insist that the theory of perspective would provide the key to interpreting the image of the moon.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
