translate

noun

1. (analysis, in Euclidean spaces) A set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.

verb

1. 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.

Similar word(s): interpret, render

Definition categories: communication, ingeminate, iterate, reiterate, repeat, restate, retell

2. change from one form or medium into another

- Braque translated collage into oil

Similar word(s): transform

Definition categories: change, alter, modify

3. make sense of a language

Similar word(s): interpret, read, understand

Definition categories: cognition, understand

4. bring to a certain spiritual state

Definition categories: contact, channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport

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

Definition categories: change, displace, move

6. be equivalent in effect

- the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power

Definition categories: stative, be, equal

7. be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way

- poetry often does not translate

- Tolstoy's novels translate well into English

Definition categories: stative, be

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

Definition categories: motion, displace, move

9. express, as in simple and less technical language

- Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?

- Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?

Definition categories: communication, paraphrase, rephrase, reword

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

Definition categories: communication, ascertain, determine, find