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reinterpreting

reinterpreting is the present participle and gerund of reinterpret.

Meaning of reinterpret

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.

Questions about reinterpreting

What is reinterpreting the present participle and gerund of?
Reinterpreting is the present participle and gerund of reinterpret.

Words near reinterpreting in the dictionary

  1. reinterpretations
  2. reinterpretative
  3. reinterpreted
  4. reinterpreter
  5. reinterpreters
  6. reinterpreting
  7. reinterprets
  8. reinterred
  9. reinterring
  10. reinterrogate
  11. reinterrogated

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reinterpreting (page history and authors); reinterpret (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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