interpreting
nounUK /ɪnˈtɜː.prɪ.tɪŋ/
US /ɪnˈtɝː.prə.t̬ɪŋ/
the job of listening to someone speak and saying the same thing in another language.
She works in interpreting, so she helps people who speak different languages talk to each other.
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2. the act of understanding what something means.
His interpreting of the poem was different from mine.
3. explaining the meaning of a performance, like music or dance.
Her interpreting of the song made the audience cry.
4. in computing, reading a program and running it line by line.
The software uses interpreting to run the code step by step.