# interpreted

Pronunciation: say "in-TUR-pri-tid" US /ɪnˈtɝpɹɪtɪd/, UK /ɪnˈtɜːpɹɪtɪd/

## Verb

1. Simple past and past participle of interpret. — simple past and past participle of interpret
   - Simple: Past tense of interpret. Use this form for explaining something that already happened.
   - _She interpreted the poem as a quiet meditation on loss._
   - _The flashing signal was interpreted as a request to land._

## Adjective

2. Executed directly by software while it runs, rather than first being compiled into a binary program.
   - Simple: Run directly by another program, instead of being changed into computer code first.
   - _Many scripting languages are interpreted rather than compiled, which makes quick testing easy._
   - _An interpreted script can be edited and rerun without a separate build step._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/interpreted (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).