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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
interpret .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective understood in a certain way; made sense of
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Examples
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There is only "outside director," a term interpreted simply to mean anyone who has never worked for the company.
A Corporate Governance To-Do List for Japan Nicholas Benes 2011
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Rimington and her judges came under fire in recent weeks for stressing the importance of "readability" when judging the winner, a term interpreted by some as dumbing down one of English-language fiction's top accolades.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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Rimington and her judges came under fire in recent weeks for stressing the importance of "readability" when judging the winner, a term interpreted by some as dumbing down one of English-language fiction's top accolades.
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Rimington and her judges came under fire in recent weeks for stressing the importance of "readability" when judging the winner, a term interpreted by some as dumbing down one of English-language fiction's top accolades.
Reuters: Top News 2011
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The ruin of Awatubi is known to the Navajo as Talla Hogan, a term interpreted as meaning “singing house” and thought to refer to the chapel and mission that at one time nourished here, as described by Mr. Stephen in Chapter I. Tradition ascribes great importance to this village.
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The ruin of Awatubi is known to the Navajo as Talla Hogan, a term interpreted as meaning “singing house” and thought to refer to the chapel and mission that at one time nourished here, as described by Mr. Stephen in Chapter I. Tradition ascribes great importance to this village.
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The omission was especially notable since Obaid then said that "we need increased political will and teamwork to scale up quality reproductive health services," a term interpreted by various UN agencies and human rights experts as including abortion.
Spero News 2008
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May 31, 2010, 7: 11 pm leo marvin says: nicehonesty: Did you find something to contradict him (outside of something interpreted from the UNCLOS)
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists” 2010
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Not that UNCLOS is necessarily dispositive here, but considering that treaties like UNCLOS are among the few written sources from which to infer common understandings of customary practice, your “outside of something interpreted from the UNCLOS” is the exception that swallows your rule.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists” 2010
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No. Did you find something to contradict him (outside of something interpreted from the UNCLOS)?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Pro-Palestinian “Peace Activists” 2010
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