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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
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Derived Forms

  • ˌٱˈٲپDzԲ, adjective
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Other 51Թ 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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51Թ 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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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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