3.5.8 Interpreting messages

Use this domain for words referring to interpreting something someone says--to try to understand the meaning of something someone says and express it in other words.

Louw Nida Codes: 
33J Interpret, Mean, Explain
  • What words refer to interpreting something?
    interpret, understand, translate
  • 3.5.8.1 Meaning

    Use this domain for words related to the meaning of something that is said.

    OMC Codes: 
    196 Semantics
  • What words refer to the meaning of something?
    meaning, definition, semantics, sense, interpretation
  • How do you say that something means something?
    mean (something), have the meaning,
  • What words describe something that has two meanings?
    ambiguous, double meaning, doubletalk,
  • 3.5.8.2 Meaningless

    Use this domain for words describing something that is meaningless--something someone says that doesn't mean anything.

  • What words describe something that has no meaning?
    meaningless, absurd, lack meaning, ridiculous, senseless, nonsensical, without rhyme or reason, unintelligible, inane
  • What words refer to saying something that has no meaning?
    jabber, babble
  • What words refer to something that has no meaning?
    nonsense, gibberish, babble, drivel, hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo, gobbledygook
  • 3.5.8.3 Unintelligible

    Use this domain for words related to being unintelligible--to say something that someone cannot understand.

  • What words describe speech that someone cannot understand?
    unintelligible, foreign
  • What words describe speech that a person cannot hear well enough to understand?
    unintelligible, indistinct, garbled
  • 3.5.8.4 Show, indicate

    Use this domain for words referring to showing or indicating something--if something (such as an object, something said, or something that happens) shows something, it makes people think of something or understand something (e.g. When his face turns red, it indicates he is angry.)

  • What words refer to something showing that something is true?
    show, be a sign, mean, indicate, reveal, make it clear, demonstrate, betray, be evidence, reflect, illustrate, bear witness to, tell
  • What words refer to something showing that something might be true?
    suggest, point to, imply, give the impression
  • What words refer to something showing that something has a good quality?
    be a tribute to, say a lot for, reflect well on, be a testimony to
  • What words refer to something showing that something has a bad quality?
    be a reflection on, be a comment on, be a symptom of, be symptomatic of, be an indictment of, not say much for, reflect badly on, make a mockery of, sign of the times
  • What words refer to something showing that something is going to happen?
    mean, herald, bode well, bode ill, spell
  • What words refer to a sign that shows that something is true?
    sign, indication, indicator, evidence, mark, trace, manifestation, symptom, omen, telltale, be a giveaway,