Definition of Translate

Verb

  • determine the amino-acid sequence of a protein during its synthesis by using information on the messenger RNA
  • 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?"
  • subject to movement in which every part of the body moves parallel to and the same distance as every other point on the body
  • be translatable, or be translatable in a certain way
    "poetry often does not translate"
    "Tolstoy's novels translate well into English"
  • be equivalent in effect
    "the growth in income translates into greater purchasing power"
  • change the position of (figures or bodies) in space without rotation
  • bring to a certain spiritual state
  • make sense of a language
    "She understands French"
    "Can you read Greek?"
  • change from one form or medium into another
    "Braque translated collage into oil"
  • restate (words) from one language into another language
    "I have to translate when my in-laws from Austria visit the U.S."
    "Can you interpret the speech of the visiting dignitaries?"
    "She rendered the French poem into English"
    "He translates for the U.N."
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Word games points for the Translate

  • Scrabble® score of the translate (9)
  • Word Chums® score of the translate (11)
  • Words With Friends® score of the translate (11)

Unscramble translate

480 unscramble word found using the letters translate.
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