'Interpretation' definitions:
Definition of 'interpretation'
From: WordNet
noun
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something [syn: interpretation, reading, version]
noun
The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving" [syn: rendition, rendering, interpretation]
noun
An explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"
noun
An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning" [syn: interpretation, interpreting, rendition, rendering]
Definition of 'Interpretation'
From: GCIDE
- Interpretation \In*ter`pre*ta"tion\ ([i^]n*t[~e]r`pr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. interpretatio: cf. F. interpr['e]tation.] [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Look how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our looks. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The power or explaining. [R.] --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Fine Arts) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. [1913 Webster]
- 5. (Math.) The act or process of applying general principles or formul[ae] to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- Syn: Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'interpretation'
From: Moby 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