Usually means: Assign new meaning to something.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word reinterpret:

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  1. reinterpret: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. reinterpret: Merriam-Webster
  3. reinterpret: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. reinterpret: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. reinterpret: Collins English Dictionary
  6. reinterpret: Vocabulary.com
  7. reinterpret: Wordnik
  8. reinterpret: Wiktionary
  9. reinterpret: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. reinterpret: Dictionary.com
  11. reinterpret: Rhymezone
  12. reinterpret: FreeDictionary.org
  13. reinterpret: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. reinterpret: TheFreeDictionary.com
  15. reinterpret: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reinterpret)

▸ verb:  (transitive) To interpret again.

Similar:
re-explain, reread, render, retranslate, rede, reparse, read, take the meaning, rewrite, reanalyze, more...

Opposite:
misinterpret, misunderstand, misconstrue

Types:
reinterpretation, revision, reconstruction, reimagination, more...

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Similar:
re-explain, reread, render, retranslate, rede, reparse, read, take the meaning, rewrite, reanalyze, more...

Opposite:
misinterpret, misunderstand, misconstrue

Types:
reinterpretation, revision, reconstruction, reimagination, more...



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