translate

noun

(mathematical analysis) In Euclidean spaces: a set of points obtained by adding a given fixed vector to each point of a given set.

verb

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

(transitive) To change spoken words or written text (of a book, document, movie, etc.) from one language to another.

(intransitive) To provide a translation of spoken words or written text in another language; to be, or be capable of being, rendered in another language.

(transitive) To express spoken words or written text in a different (often clearer or simpler) way in the same language; to paraphrase, to rephrase, to restate.

(transitive) To change (something) from one form or medium to another.

(transitive, music) To rearrange (a song or music) in one genre into another.

(intransitive) To change, or be capable of being changed, from one form or medium to another.

(transitive, genetics) To generate a chain of amino acids based on the sequence of codons in an mRNA molecule.

Senses relating to a change of position.

(transitive) To transfer the remains of a deceased person (such as a monarch or other important person) from one place to another; (specifically, Christianity) to transfer a holy relic from one shrine to another.

(transitive, Christianity) To transfer a bishop or other cleric from one post to another.

(transitive, Christianity) Of a holy person or saint: to be assumed into or to rise to Heaven without bodily death; also (figurative) to die and go to Heaven.

(transitive, mathematics) In Euclidean geometry: to transform (a geometric figure or space) by moving every point by the same distance in a given direction.

(transitive, mathematics) To map (the axes in a coordinate system) to parallel axes in another coordinate system some distance away.

(transitive, physics) To subject (a body) to linear motion with no rotation.

(intransitive, physics) Of a body: to be subjected to linear motion with no rotation.

(transitive, archaic) To move (something) from one place or position to another; to transfer.

(transitive, medicine, obsolete) To cause (a disease or something giving rise to a disease) to move from one body part to another, or (rare) between persons.

(transitive, obsolete) To entrance (“place in a trance”), to cause to lose recollection or sense.

(transitive, obsolete, slang) To repair (used shoes, boots or other clothing) for resale.

Roots

transtrans- · Latin · across, over fero-lat · Latin · carry, bear

Synonyms for translate

interpretv transformv transliteratev renderv metaphrase transcribev construev convertv decipherv conveyv transmutev

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