interpretation
/ɪnˌtɝpɹəˈteɪʃən/
UK: /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/
interpretation
English
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Definition
An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
Etymology
From Middle English interpretacioun, from the Anglo-Norman form of Old French interpretacion, from Latin interpretātiō, noun of action from interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”). Morphologically interpret + -ation.
Example Sentences
- "The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma"
- "The interpretation of the rules"
- "Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture."
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