What part of speech is interpreted?

Interpreted can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. interpreted is a verb, past participle of interpret (infinitive).
  • 2. interpreted is a verb, past simple of interpret (infinitive).
  • 3. interpreted is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more interpreted
    most interpreted
  • Positive: interpreted 
  • Comparative: more interpreted
  • Superlative: most interpreted

What does interpreted mean?

Definitions

Adjective

interpreted - understood in a certain way; made sense of; "a word taken literally"; "a smile taken as consent"; "an open door interpreted as an invitation"

Verb

interpret - make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?"
interpret - give an interpretation or rendition of; "The pianist rendered the Beethoven sonata beautifully"
interpret - create an image or likeness of; "The painter represented his wife as a young girl"
interpret - give an interpretation or explanation to
interpret - restate (words) from one language into another language; "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."; "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"; "She rendered the French poem into English"; "He translates for the U.N."
interpret - make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

Examples of interpreted

#   Sentence  
1. adj. An open door interpreted as an invitation.
2. verb Bill just wanted to comfort Monica, but she interpreted it as romantic interest.
3. verb This sentence may be interpreted another way.
4. verb How is this phrase to be interpreted?
5. verb I interpreted your silence as consent.
6. verb We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.
7. verb I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.
8. verb I interpreted this as a protest.
9. verb I interpreted what he said in French into Japanese.
10. verb I interpreted his remark as a threat.
11. verb I interpreted his silence as consent.
12. verb I interpreted their silence as consent.
13. verb I interpreted her silence as a refusal.
14. verb The teacher interpreted the sentence for us.
15. verb The teacher interpreted the passage of the poem.
16. verb He interpreted my silence as consent.
Sentence  
adj.
An open door interpreted as an invitation.
verb
Bill just wanted to comfort Monica, but she interpreted it as romantic interest.
This sentence may be interpreted another way.
How is this phrase to be interpreted?
I interpreted your silence as consent.
We experience and understand the world through signals that are received by the senses and interpreted by the brain - and both stages are subject to distortion.
I foolishly interpreted the idiom according to its literal sense.
I interpreted this as a protest.
I interpreted what he said in French into Japanese.
I interpreted his remark as a threat.
I interpreted his silence as consent.
I interpreted their silence as consent.
I interpreted her silence as a refusal.
The teacher interpreted the sentence for us.
The teacher interpreted the passage of the poem.
He interpreted my silence as consent.

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