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interpretation
[ in-tur-pri-tey-shuhn ]
noun
- the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication:
This writer's work demands interpretation.
- an explanation of the meaning of another's artistic or creative work; an elucidation:
an interpretation of a poem.
- a conception of another's behavior:
a charitable interpretation of his tactlessness.
- a way of interpreting.
- the rendering of a dramatic part, music, etc., so as to bring out the meaning, or to indicate one's particular conception of it.
- oral translation.
interpretation
/ ɪˌɜːɪˈٱɪʃə /
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
Derived Forms
- ˌٱˈٲپDzԲ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٱp·ٲtDz· adjective
- non·ٱp·ٲtDz· adjective
- v··ٱp·ٲtDz noun
- i·ٱp·ٲtDz noun
- i·ٱp·ٲtDz noun
- -·ٱp·ٲtDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of interpretation1
Example Sentences
Arguing for the government, Department of Justice appellate attorney Daniel Winik raised numerous objections to Carter’s interpretation of arcane federal regulations, the rules for declaring a class and the nature of a trust.
Intended to be as such, this didn't feel very up for interpretation to me because she's referred to as a killer later on in the film and, yeah, she totally did that.
Trump and his appointees have repeatedly threatened state and local officials with federal funding cuts if they don’t abide by his executive orders and by his administration’s legal interpretations.
Despite being replaced in public, no one was able to vocally match her interpretation of the part.
In his interpretation of the phrase, memorialized in the 1985 case Walters v.
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