one who orally translates from one language to another; clarifier, explainer; commentator
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Interpreter Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
One who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutOne who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties.
interpreter
\in*ter"pret*er\ (?), n. [cf. of. entrepreteur, l. interpretator.] one who or that which interprets, explains, or expounds; a translator; especially, a person who translates orally between two parties. we think most men's actions to be the interpreters of their thoughts.
interpreter
n
1. someone who mediates between speakers of different languages [syn: translator]
2. someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of shakespearean roles"
3. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government" [syn: spokesperson, representative, voice]
4. (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time [syn: interpretive program ]
similar words(5)
embedded lisp interpreter
command interpreter
tiny basic interpreter language
command-line interpreter
portable scheme interpreter
A person who makes intelligible the speech of a foreigner by oral translation
Golwst = n. an interpreter
Lladmerydd = n. an interpreter, a translator
Interpreter, (n.)
One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
The Devil's Dictionary, by Ambrose Bierce, 1911 (About)One who enables two persons of different languages to understand each other by repeating to each what it would have been to the interpreter's advantage for the other to have said.
Noun
1. someone who mediates between speakers of different languages
(synonym) translator
(hypernym) mediator, go-between, intermediator, intermediary, intercessor
(hyponym) dragoman
(derivation) translate, interpret, render
2. someone who uses art to represent something; "his paintings reveal a sensitive interpreter of nature"; "she was famous as an interpreter of Shakespearean roles"
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(derivation) represent, interpret
3. an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose; "the meeting was attended by spokespersons for all the major organs of government"
(synonym) spokesperson, representative, voice
(hypernym) advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent
(hyponym) ambassador
4. (computer science) a program that translates and executes source language statements one line at a time
(synonym) interpretive program
(hypernym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
(derivation) translate, interpret, render
(classification) computer science, computing
Interpreter Definition from Social Science Dictionaries & Glossaries
To dream of an interpreter, denotes you will undertake affairs which will fail in profit.
Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted, or "What's in a dream": a scientific and practical exposition; By Gustavus Hindman, 1910. For the open domain e-text see: Guttenberg ProjectInterpreter Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
A program that translates high level languages into machine readable code.
A system program that converts and executes each instruction of a high-level language program into machine code as it runs, before going onto the next instruction.
Interpreter Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
A module that alternately decodes and executes every statement in some body of code. The Java interpreter decodes and executes bytecode for the Java virtual machine
Interpreter Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Language interpretation is the facilitating of oral or sign-language communication, either simultaneously or consecutively, between users of different languages. The process is described by both the words interpreting and interpretation. Translation studies deal with the systematic study of the theory, the description and the application of language interpretation and translation.
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Interpreter Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
an orator; an interpreter
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869) , by Roswell D. Hitchcock. About