Interpretation

Noun

 * 1)  An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.
 * the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.
 * 1)  A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
 * Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.''
 * 1)  The power of explaining.
 * 2)  An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
 * 3)  An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
 * 4)  An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.

Related terms

 * interpret
 * interpretative
 * interpreter
 * interpretive

Adjectives for Interpretation
superficial; corresponding; metaphysical; polyphonic; diverse (pi); legal; rabbinical; speculative; conflicting; mental; probable; ingenious; thoughtful; offensive; fascinating; authoritative; understandable; subtle; mystic; poetic; mythological; imperfect; lyric; base; musical; scriptural; allegorical; inexperienced; uncharitable.

Verbs for Interpretation
abuse—; accept—; advance—; broaden—; contemplate—; correct—; deduce—; evolve —; hand down—; infer—; lend—; misconstrue—; misquote—; offer—; reiterate—; reject—; question—; scorn—; mutilates; —signifies,,

Thesaurus
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

Translations

 * Estonian: tõlgendamine
 * German:
 * Greek: ερμηνεία
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: (, kaishaku)


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: interpretare
 * Russian: интерпретация, трактовка, толкование


 * Estonian: tõlgendus
 * German:
 * Greek: ερμηνεία


 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:


 * German:
 * Greek: ερμηνεία


 * Portuguese:


 * Estonian: tõlgendus


 * Portuguese:


 * : interprétation
 * : apreciación