Definition of translate

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  • translate is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 9
  • translate is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 9
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Definition of translate

  • make sense of a language (verb)

    Synonyms

    1. interpret
    2. read
    3. understand
  • restate (words) from one language into another language (verb)

    Examples

    1. I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S.
    2. He translates for the U.N.

    Synonyms

    1. interpret
    2. render
  • change from one form or medium into another (verb)

    Examples

    1. Braque translated collage into oil

    Synonyms

    1. transform
  • be equivalent in effect (verb)

    Examples

    1. the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power
  • be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way (verb)

    Examples

    1. poetry often does not translate
    2. Tolstoy's novels translate well into English
  • bring to a certain spiritual state (verb)
  • change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation (verb)
  • determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA (verb)
  • express, as in simple and less technical language (verb)

    Examples

    1. Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?
    2. Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?
  • subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body (verb)

See definition of translate in Merriam Webster