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interpretation

[ in-tur-pri-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication:

    This writer's work demands interpretation.

  2. an explanation of the meaning of another's artistic or creative work; an elucidation:

    an interpretation of a poem.

  3. a conception of another's behavior:

    a charitable interpretation of his tactlessness.

  4. a way of interpreting.
  5. the rendering of a dramatic part, music, etc., so as to bring out the meaning, or to indicate one's particular conception of it.
  6. oral translation.


interpretation

/ ɪˌɜːɪˈٱɪʃə /

noun

  1. the act or process of interpreting or explaining; elucidation
  2. the result of interpreting; an explanation
  3. a particular view of an artistic work, esp as expressed by stylistic individuality in its performance
  4. explanation, as of the environment, a historical site, etc, provided by the use of original objects, personal experience, visual display material, etc
  5. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱˈٲپDzԲ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ٱp·ٲtDz· adjective
  • non·ٱp·ٲtDz· adjective
  • v··ٱp·ٲtDz noun
  • i·ٱp·ٲtDz noun
  • i·ٱp·ٲtDz noun
  • -·ٱp·ٲtDz noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of interpretation1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English, from Latin Գٱپō-, stem of Գٱپō; equivalent to interpret ( def ) + -ation ( def )
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Despite being replaced in public, no one was able to vocally match her interpretation of the part.

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In his interpretation of the phrase, memorialized in the 1985 case Walters v.

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