English Dictionary
Definition of “interpretation”
interpretation (ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
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Definitions
noun
- the act or process of interpreting or explaining; elucidation
- the result of interpreting; an explanation
- a particular view of an artistic work, esp as expressed by stylistic individuality in its performance
- explanation, as of the environment, a historical site, etc, provided by the use of original objects, personal experience, visual display material, etc
- logic an allocation of significance to the terms of a purely formal system, by specifying ranges for the variables, denotations for the individual constants, etc; a function from the formal language to such elements of a possible world
Alternative Forms
inˌterpreˈtational adjective
Synonyms
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explanation,
meaning,
reading,
understanding,
sense,
analysis,
construction,
exposition,
explication,
elucidation,
signification,
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reading,
study,
review,
version,
analysis,
explanation,
examination,
diagnosis,
evaluation,
exposition,
exegesis,
explication,
elucidation,
Usage examples
I have seen human beings here at U. S. Robots and can check my interpretation of what I have viewed against direct sensory impressions.
Asimov, Isaac, The Complete Stories Volume 2 (1995)Marcel Maree, an Egyptologist at the British Museum in London, agrees with the second interpretation.
New Scientist (2004)It is understood that nobody has yet been subject to the new interpretation.
Irish Times (2002)Memories have faded, key witnesses have passed on, and documentation is open to interpretation.
Belfast Telegraph (2004)A well-timed psychoanalytic interpretation , it seemed, had accomplished what medication could not.
Dylan Evans, PLACEBO: The Belief Effect (2003)
