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Interpretation
//ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version. countable
"The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma"
- 2 the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance wordnet
- 3 A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning. countable
"Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture."
- 4 an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious wordnet
- 5 The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language). uncountable
"I believe that interpretation, particularly consecutive interpretation, is an art. I also believe, however, that the skill of consecutive interpretation can be taught, but only up to a point."
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- 6 a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something wordnet
- 7 The power of explaining. uncountable
- 8 an explanation that results from interpreting something wordnet
- 9 An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art. countable
- 10 An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases. countable
- 11 An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language. countable
- 12 An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus. countable
- 13 Short for heritage interpretation abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle English interpretacioun, from the Anglo-Norman form of Old French interpretacion, from Latin interpretātiō, noun of action from interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”). Morphologically interpret + -ation.
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