English
interpretation
Etymology

From , from Anglo-Norman, from Old French, from Latin interpretātiō, noun of action from interpretor ("to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend")

Morphologically interpret + -ation

Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ɪntɚpɹəˈteɪʃən/
  • (RP) IPA: /ɪntəpɹəˈteɪʃən/
Noun

interpretation

  1. (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
    The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma
    The interpretation of the rules
  2. (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
    Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
  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 9780824816032), 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.
    Synonyms: interpreting
    Hyponyms: simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation
  4. (uncountable) The power of explaining.
  5. (countable) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
  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. heritage interpretation
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