English synonyms about - contact  

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

jump to corresponding sense entry

translate

verb

1 translate

Restate (words) from one language into another language:
— I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S..
— He translates for the U.N..

synonyms: interpret, render.

Roget 522: interpret, explain, define, construe, translate, render; do into, turn into; transfuse the sense of.    find out etc. 480.1 the meaning of, etc. ... show more

Roget 995: call, ordain, induct, prefer, translate, consecrate, present.    take orders, take the tonsure, take the veil, take vows.   

Dutch: overbrengen, overzetten

2 translate

Change from one form or medium into another:
— Braque translated collage into oil.

synonym: transform.

Dutch: overzetten

3 translate

Make sense of a language.

synonyms: interpret, read, understand.

4 translate

Bring to a certain spiritual state.

5 translate

Change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation.

6 translate

Be equivalent in effect.

7 translate

Be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way.

8 translate

Subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body.

9 translate

Express, as in simple and less technical language.

10 translate

Determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA.


Moby thesaurus: English, alter, assign, carry, carry over, change, communicate, consign, construe, convert, convey, decipher, decode, deliver, deport, diffuse, dispatch, disseminate, elucidate, expel ... show more.

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