reinterpret

English

Etymology

From re- +‎ interpret.

Pronunciation

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Verb

reinterpret (third-person singular simple present reinterprets, present participle reinterpreting, simple past and past participle reinterpreted)

1. (transitive) To interpret again.

   If you look at it that way, you can reinterpret all the old evidence so that it supports the new theory.

   • 2010 December 25, Meribah Knight, “Bartender, I’d Like a Classic, or Maybe a Specialty Drink”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     On a recent morning, which started by stirring a pot and ended with pouring a drink, Mr. Alexander offered his ideas on rye’s resurgence, reinterpreting the classics and creating the perfect winter cocktail.

   • 2013, Raymond S. Bradley, Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, page 420:

     Isopoll maps can be reinterpreted to show the migration of a particular genus or ecotone through time by isochrones (equal time lines).

Related terms

• reinterpretation

Translations

to interpret again

• Danish: omfortolke
• Finnish: uudelleentulkita, tulkita uudelleen
• French: réinterpréter (fr)
• German: neu interpretieren
• Hungarian: újraértelmez (hu), átértelmez (hu), átértékel (hu)
• Italian: reinterpretare
• Polish: reinterpretować
• Romanian: reinterpreta (ro)
• Spanish: reinterpretar
• Swedish: omtolka (sv)

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