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Common collocations with interpret in American Collocation

interpret verb

US /ɪnˈtɜrprət/

correctly/wrongly

accurately
correctly
incorrectly
mistakenly
properly
rightly
wrongly

They had not interpreted the evidence correctly.

broadly/narrowly

broadly
flexibly
liberally
literally
loosely
narrowly
restrictively
strictly
widely

The term ‘language’ is interpreted broadly to include all human communication.

cautiously

carefully
cautiously
tentatively

The results of this analysis should be cautiously interpreted.

by a lot of people

widely

This decision was widely interpreted as an admission of failure on the government’s part.

in different ways

variously

The name of the village has been variously interpreted.

The results need to be carefully interpreted.

information

data
evidence
findings
information
results

There is concern that current requirements lead to a rather artificial approach to analysing and interpreting data.

writing

brief
passage
scripture
text

Only the Pope or the top hierarchy could interpret the holy scriptures.

symbols or dreams

dream
parable
prophecy
symbol

For many years, scholars interpreted these symbols as letters in Phoenician script.

law

law
legislation

It is for the courts to interpret law, not the regulator.

visual information

chart
diagram
graph

An added bonus is that pupils develop their ability to interpret graphs in a meaningful context.