translate


Meanings

  • 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."
  • change from one form or medium into another;
    • "Braque translated collage into oil"
  • make sense of a language;
  • bring to a certain spiritual state
  • change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
  • be equivalent in effect;
    • "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
  • be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way;
    • "poetry often does not translate"
    • "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
  • subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
  • 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?"
  • determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA


Scrabble Score: 9

translate is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

translate is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

translate is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 11

translate is a valid Words With Friends word