Making sense of something can involve a variety of activities. To INTERPRET something is to explain its meaning, while grasping it means to understand it. Decoding is the PROCESS of translating a coded message into plain language, and processing is the act of analyzing data or information. Sorting out is the PROCESS of separating items into different categories, and deciphering is the act of figuring out a secret code. All of these activities are ways of making sense of something.