interpret
verb (used with object)
have been interpreting
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present perfect progressiveof interpret.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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Judges do not poll the public before interpreting the law, and federal courts have been interpreting Constitutional ambiguities since the Supreme Court established the principle of judicial review in 1803.
From Slate ● Jan. 10, 2024
But Utah's malpractice law is so broad that judges have been interpreting it as covering any act performed by a health care provider during medical care.
From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2023
These observations were subjective; the animal keepers knew the ages of the animals and may have been interpreting their behavior based on expectations.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 5, 2015
Williams, in the last on-screen role he completed before his death this Aug., seems unusually muted, but he simply could have been interpreting the character as written.
From Time ● Dec. 17, 2014
We have been interpreting some of the manifestations of life as his native interests but have failed thus to interpret his life as a whole.
From The Vitalized School by Francis B. Pearson
