To interpret something again or in a different way, especially using a changed framework or new information.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- reinterpret a text
- reinterpret a finding
On the page
The historian reinterpreted the decision after the earlier correspondence became available.
The new framework reinterpreted the finding without changing the measured values.
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Word forms
- Base
- reinterpret
- Past tense
- reinterpreted
- Past participle
- reinterpreted
- Present participle
- reinterpreting
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- reinterpret
- Present continuous
- am/is/are reinterpreting
- Present perfect
- have/has reinterpreted
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been reinterpreting
- Past
- reinterpreted
- Past continuous
- was/were reinterpreting
- Past perfect
- had reinterpreted
- Past perfect continuous
- had been reinterpreting
- Future
- will reinterpret
- Future continuous
- will be reinterpreting
- Future perfect
- will have reinterpreted
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been reinterpreting
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: reinterpret; reinterprets; reinterpreted; reinterpreted; reinterpreting Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: style analysis, interpretation, characterization, rhetorical contrast. Disciplines: literary analysis, prose writing, advanced general English. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: reinterprets.
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