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INTERPRETATION
rendition, rendering, interpretation
(noun) the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; âher rendition of Miltonâs verse was extraordinarily movingâ
interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering
(noun) an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; âthe edict was subject to many interpretationsâ; âhe annoyed us with his interpreting of parablesâ; âoften imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the childâs intended meaningâ
interpretation, reading, version
(noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
interpretation
(noun) an explanation that results from interpreting something; âthe report included his interpretation of the forensic evidenceâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
interpretation (countable and uncountable, plural interpretations)
(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.
(countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning .
(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).
Synonym: interpreting
Hyponyms: simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation
(uncountable) The power of explaining.
(countable) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
(countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
(countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
(countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
the practice and discipline of explaining natural and cultural heritage to visitors at museums, historic sites, zoos, aquaria, science centres, art galleries, etc. Also called heritage interpretation, mediation, guiding, etc.
Source: Wiktionary
In*ter`pre*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. interpretatio: cf. F. interprétation.]
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)
Definition: An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
5. (Math.)
Definition: The act or process of applying general principles or formulĂŠ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
Syn.
– Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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