To expound the meaning or significance of, as by translation or explanation; elucidate or unfold, as foreign or obscure language, a mystery, etc.; make plain or intelligible.To show the purport of; develop or make clear by representation: as, to interpret a drama or a character by action on the stage.To construe; attribute a given meaning to: as, the company interpreted his silence unfavorably.Synonyms Render, Construe, etc. (see translate); Expound, Elucidate, etc. (see explain).To practise interpretation; make an interpretation or explanation; tell or determine what something signifies.