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interpretation

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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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interpretation (countable and uncountable , plural interpretations )

  1. (countable ) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
    Synonym: gloss
    The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma
    The interpretation of the rules
    • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism , volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 360:
      Putting the matter in this way implies a situation in which all social conflicts have disappeared; and this confirms the interpretation according to which Marx and Engels held that the abolition of class divisions would at the same time abolish all other sources of conflict.
  2. (countable ) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
    Synonym: reading
    Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
    • 1993, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, →ISBN, page 27:
      Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations.
  3. (uncountable , linguistics , translation studies ) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
    • 1994, Richard K. Seymour, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Translation and Interpreting: Bridging East and West : Selected Conference Papers, University of Hawaii Press (→ISBN), page 11
      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.
    • 2002, Alessandra Riccardi, Translation Studies: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 90:
      Interpretation studies is a young discipline, much younger than translation studies, and it cannot claim a long tradition and history of reflexions [sic ] and studies.
    • 2013, Sana Loue, Handbook of Immigrant Health, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 61:
      The most pervasive need of non-English-speaking immigrants and refugees is interpretation for every English transaction. Interpretation is needed in stores, schools, and job training, and it is of critical importance in health care.
    Synonym: interpreting
    Hyponyms: simultaneous interpretation , consecutive interpretation
  4. (uncountable ) The power of explaining.
  5. (countable ) An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
  6. (countable ) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
  7. (countable , physics ) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
  8. (countable , logic , model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
  9. Short for heritage interpretation

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Translations

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act of interpreting
sense given by an interpreter — see also exegesis
the discipline of translating a spoken language
power or explaining
artist's way of expressing his thought
process of applying general principles to the explanation of the results
heritage interpretation — see heritage interpretation
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