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Definitions of translate
  1. verb
    make sense of a language
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  2. verb
    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."

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  3. verb
    change from one form or medium into another
    "Braque translated collage into oil"

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  4. verb
    be equivalent in effect
    "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
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  5. verb
    be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
    "poetry often does not translate" "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
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    be
  6. verb
    bring to a certain spiritual state
  7. verb
    change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
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  8. verb
    determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
  9. verb
    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?"
  10. verb
    subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
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Examples of translate
  • "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."
  • "He translates for the U.N."
  • "Braque translated collage into oil"
  • "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
  • "poetry often does not translate"
  • "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
  • "Can you translate the instructions in this manual for a layman?"
  • "Is there a need to translate the psychiatrist's remarks?"
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