 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
interpretation
noun
1: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of
something [syn: {reading}, {version}]
2: the act of interpreting something as expressed in an
artistic performance; "her rendition of Milton's verse was
extraordinarily moving" [syn: {rendition}, {rendering}]
3: an explanation that results from interpreting something;
"the report included his interpretation of the forensic
evidence"
4: an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious;
"the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he
annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often
imitations are extended to provide a more accurate
rendition of the child's intended meaning" [syn: {interpreting},
{rendition}, {rendering}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Interpretation \In*ter'pre*ta"tion\
([i^]n*t[~e]r'pr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), noun [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
57 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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