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Past tense of interpret

regular verb

The past tense of interpret is interpreted. The past participle is also interpreted.

Forms of interpret

Base form (V1)interpret /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪt/
Past tense (V2)interpreted /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tɪd/
Past participle (V3)interpreted /ɪnˈtɜː.pɹɪ.tɪd/
Present participleinterpreting
Third person singularinterprets

Interpreted in a sentence

  • The actor interpreted the character of Hamlet with great skill.
  • The way the musician interpreted a sonata was quite special.
  • The Federal Reserve's statement on recent inflation was interpreted as dovish by the market.From the entry dovish
  • The Federal Reserve's recent statement on the slowing of inflation was interpreted as hawkish by the market.From the entry hawkish
  • Join is a mereological relation which can be interpreted as union set-theoretically.From the entry mereological

Meaning of interpret

  1. verb To decode the meaning of a topic and then act, whether to continue researching the topic, follow through, act in opposition, or further the understanding through sharing an interpretation.
  2. verb To explain or tell the meaning of; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms. applied especially to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.
  3. verb To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation.

Full definition of interpret

Questions about the past tense of interpret

What is the past tense of interpret?
The past tense of interpret is interpreted.
What is the past participle of interpret?
The past participle of interpret is interpreted.
Is interpret a regular or irregular verb?
Interpret is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: interpret (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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