interpretation

Noun

Meaning

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.

The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

The power or explaining.

An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

version rendering reading translation explanation view meaning sense construction definition analysis solution understanding evaluation inference
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Antonyms

bede oracle strait sphinx miscellany broadway
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Hypernyms

performance account representation explanation mental representation internal representation

Hyponyms

version model construction reading spin reconstruction

Related terms

interpreter interpret interpretive interpretative

Phrases with the word

put a wrong interpretation on correct interpretation constitutional interpretation data interpretation dream interpretation make a wrong interpretation of

Examples

Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art. Susan Sontag

All meanings, we know, depend on the key of interpretation. George Eliot

The interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind. Sigmund Freud

I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose. Charlie Chaplin

All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth. Friedrich Nietzsche

Does not everything depend on our interpretation of the silence around us? Lawrence Durrell

Close letter words and terms

interpretably interpretament interpretant interpretation of dreams interpretation of words interpretation panel