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translate

/ translate /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
change from one form or medium into another
"Braque translated collage into oil"
Type of:
change alter modify
Kinds of:
metricize metricise diagonalize diagonalise
Derived:
transformation translation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 2
be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
"poetry often does not translate"
"Tolstoy''s novels translate well into English"
Type of:
be
Derived:
translation interlingual rendition rendering version
Verb group:
interpret render
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 3
physics: subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
Type of:
move displace
Derived:
translation displacement
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
verb Sense 4
bring to a certain spiritual state
Type of:
transmit transfer transport
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 5
express, as in simple and less technical langauge
"Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"
"Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist''s remarks?"
Type of:
paraphrase rephrase reword
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 6
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."
Type of:
repeat reiterate ingeminate
Kinds of:
retranslate mistranslate gloss latinize
Derived:
interpreter translator interpretive program translation interlingual rendition
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 7
genetics: determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
Type of:
determine find find out
Derived:
translation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb Sense 8
change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
Type of:
move displace
Derived:
translation
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
geometry
verb Sense 9
be equivalent in effect
"the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
Type of:
equal be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb Sense 10
make sense of a language
"She understands French"
"Can you read Greek?"
Type of:
understand
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Something ----s somebody
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
10
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
48
Times Searched
1
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change alter modify metricize metricise diagonalize diagonalise be move displace transmit transfer