ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Translate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /tɹɑːnzˈleɪt/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Translate is a verb meaning Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.

Meaning

Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.

More Meanings

  1. Senses relating to a change of position.
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To entrance (“place in a trance”), to cause to lose recollection or sense.
  3. (transitive, obsolete, slang) To repair (used shoes, boots or other clothing) for resale.
  4. (mathematical analysis) In Euclidean spaces: a set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.

Example Sentences

[F]ractions with a defining relation are nothing but linear orthogonal arrays or their translates.
William was translated by the blow to the head he received, being unable to speak for the next few minutes.
Boots and Shoes are not to be had, I am told, in sufficient quantity for the demand from the slop-shops, the "translators," and the second-hand dealers. Great quantities of second-hand boots and shoes are sent to Ireland to be "translated" there.
If L is a vector space, a linear manifold (or affine subspace) in L is a subset which is a translate of a subspace M#92;subsetL, that is, a set F of the form x#95;0#43;M for some x#95;0#92;inL. [...] The dimension of a linear manifold is the dimension of the subspace of which it is a translate.

Word Forms

Synonyms for translate

Depending on context, synonyms include understand, transform, interpret, read.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include interpret, read, transform, understand, translation, interpretation.

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