literally interpret
Frequency: 7.112.2 per million words
To understand or explain the meaning of something according to the most basic or original meaning of the words.
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- You shouldn't literally interpret everything he says; he often uses metaphors.
- The judge had to literally interpret the contract's wording.
- Many people tend to literally interpret religious texts, leading to strict doctrines.
- It's important to know when to literally interpret a phrase and when to understand its figurative meaning.
- If you literally interpret the idiom "kick the bucket", it makes no sense.
- She was careful to literally interpret the instructions to avoid errors.
- His ability to literally interpret complex legal documents was impressive.
- Don't literally interpret that threat; it was meant hyperbolically.
- Historians debate whether to literally interpret ancient myths or find deeper symbolic meanings.
- The machine will literally interpret the code line by line.