Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of interpreting.
- noun A result of interpreting.
- noun An explanation or conceptualization by a critic of a work of literature, painting, music, or other art form; an exegesis.
- noun A performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music, or role; a rendering.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of interpreting, expounding, or explaining; translation; explanation; elucidation: as, the interpretation of a difficult passage in an author; the interpretation of dreams or of prophecy.
- noun The sense given by an interpreter; assumed meaning; apparent meaning; signification: as, varying interpretations of the same passage or event: to put a bad interpretation upon anything.
- noun The representation of a dramatic part or character, or the rendering of a musical composition, according to one's particular conception of it: as, an original and spirited interpretation of “Hamlet.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction.
- noun The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning.
- noun rare The power or explaining.
- noun (Fine Arts) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
- noun (Math.) The act or process of applying general principles or formulæ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun countable An act of
interpreting or explaining what is obscure; atranslation ; aversion ; aconstruction . - noun countable A
sense given by aninterpreter ; anexposition orexplanation given; meaning . - noun uncountable The power of explaining.
- noun countable An artist's way of
expressing histhought or embodying his conception of nature. - noun countable An act or process of
applying generalprinciples orformulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases. - noun countable, physics An
approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language. - noun countable, logic An
assignment of atruth value to each propositional symbol of apropositional calculus .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
- noun an explanation that results from interpreting something
- noun a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- noun an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
Etymologies
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Examples
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Similarly, again, in some sense of ˜interpretation™, the interpretation of the expression ˜some human™ in the following sentence depends on the interpretation of ˜It is possible that™, but again this is not an example of anaphora:
Anaphora King, Jeffrey C. 2005
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Conclusive for the correctness of this interpretation, as represented by the Swedish government, _is the approval the Norwegian government itself gave this interpretation_ by conceding that the Foreign Minister might give direct orders to the Norwegian Consuls, which, in certain cases, implied a hierarchal relationship between the Foreign Minister and the Norwegian
The Swedish-Norwegian Union Crisis A History with Documents Karl Nordlund
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Hence the root of the matter is the interpretation of the stones, or not so much their full interpretation as the discovery of a _method of interpretation_, which shall be sure.
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In the case of Gilles Deleuze, this change in interpretation is particularly evident in the
Introduction 2008
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Even the idea that looking at original intent in interpretation is given the label ‘originalism’ is close to absurd, as EVERY judge ought to be looking to the intent of the words in the laws as a part of their legal interpretation (how much weight you give it may be a matter for debate, but it must be a part of the fabric of judicial interpretation).
Think Progress » Sen. Coburn (R-OK) Admits Alito Legislated From The Bench 2005
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Explanation also is used interchangeably with the term interpretation, particularly by self psychologists, in order to differentiate interpretations around selfobject needs from more classical interpretations of unconscious wishes, instinctual impulses, and superego conflicts.
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001
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Explanation also is used interchangeably with the term interpretation, particularly by self psychologists, in order to differentiate interpretations around selfobject needs from more classical interpretations of unconscious wishes, instinctual impulses, and superego conflicts.
Object Relations Theory and Self Psychology in Social Work Practice EDA G. GOLDSTEIN 2001
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The ambiguity here requires a resolution — to wit, in domestic mattes our interpretation is the only one that counts.
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The ambiguity here requires a resolution — to wit, in domestic mattes our interpretation is the only one that counts.
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They (I think) would concede that this interpretation is at odds with existing precedent, though they would be in favor of such precedent being overruled.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Was the Individual Mandate a “Republican Idea”? 2010
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