interpreted
v.v. to explain or understand the meaning of something in a specific way. You use this when you try to make sense of a person's actions, a piece of art, or a law.
v. to explain the meaning of information, words, or actions; to conceive of or represent the significance of something. Often used in the passive voice to describe how a statement was received by an audience.
She interpreted his silence as a sign of agreement.
The data can be interpreted in several ways depending on which statistical model the researcher chooses to apply.
Legal scholars have long debated how the original text should be interpreted in light of modern social values that the authors could not have possibly anticipated.
The verb is transitive and frequently takes the preposition 'as' when defining the specific meaning assigned.
He interpreted me wrong.He misinterpreted me.While 'interpreted' describes the act of finding meaning, the specific error of understanding someone incorrectly is usually expressed with the prefix 'mis-' or the adverb 'incorrectly'.