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interpreter

in·ter·pret·er [ in túrprətər ] (plural in·ter·pret·ers)


noun 
Definition:
 
1. translator: somebody who carries out oral translation from one language to another

2. performer expressing particular ideas: somebody who performs something such as a play or piece of music in a way that expresses particular ideas or feelings about it

3. program executing instructions: a computer program that translates instructions in a program written in a high-level computer language into machine language and executes them


in·ter·pre·ter·ship [ in túrprətər shìp ] noun
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