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Interpretation

Interpretation Meaning & Definition
Interpretation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Interpretation?

[n] the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
[n] an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"
[n] a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
[n] an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Interpretation: interpreting | reading | rendering | rendering | rendition | rendition | version

Related Terms | Find terms related to Interpretation: accomplishment | analysis | answer | ascertainment | clarification | clearing up | construal | construction | cracking | decipherment | decoding | definition | denouement | determination | diagnosis | disentanglement | elucidation | end | end result | examination | exegesis | explanation | explication | expose | exposition | finding | finding-out | illustration | inference | issue | outcome | paraphrasing | reading | reason | rendering | rendition | resolution | resolving | result | riddling | simplification | solution | solving | sorting out | translation | understanding | unraveling | unriddling | unscrambling | unspinning | untangling | untwisting | unweaving | upshot | version | working | working-out

See Also | account | anagoge | broad interpretation | clarification | construal | construction | eisegesis | elucidation | exegesis | exegesis | explanation | explanation | exposition | expounding | illumination | internal representation | judicial activism | literal interpretation | mental representation | misinterpretation | mistaking | misunderstanding | performance | popularisation | popularization | reading | reconstruction | reinterpretation | reinterpretation | representation | twist | version

Interpretation In Webster's Dictionary

\In*ter`pre*ta"tion\, n. [L. interpretatio: cf. F. interpr['e]tation.] 1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma. Look how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our looks. --Shak. 2. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture. 3. The power or explaining. [R.] --Bacon. 4. (Fine Arts) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. 5. (Math.) The act or process of applying general principles or formul[ae] to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases. Syn: Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.

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