interpretation
An act of interpreting or explaining something unclearAn act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
» That's one interpretation.
Meaning
8 senses(countable)An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma
The interpretation of the rules
Interpretation, Auslegung
перево́дperevód, интерпрета́цияintɛrpretácija, тракто́вкаtraktóvka
інтерпрета́ціяinterpretácija, тлума́ченняtlumáčennja
the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
(countable)A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
Interpretation, Deutung, Auslegung
интерпрета́цияintɛrpretácija, тракто́вкаtraktóvka, толкова́ниеtolkovánije
(uncountable)The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
Dolmetschen
у́стный перево́дústnyj perevód
(uncountable)The power of explaining.
(countable)An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
Interpretation
интерпрета́цияintɛrpretácija, тракто́вкаtraktóvka, толкова́ниеtolkovánije
(countable)An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
an explanation that results from interpreting something
(countable)An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
(countable)An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
Examples
74 sentencesThat's one interpretation.
It's open to interpretation.
ruЭто можно интерпретировать как угодно.
deDas kann man so oder so verstehen.
His remarks allow of no other interpretation.
Його зауваження не допускають жодного іншого трактування.
The irreligious scoffed at the bishop's interpretation.
Невіруючі сміялися з єпископського пояснення.
Every observation is an interpretation.
Будь-яке спостереження — це інтерпретація.
Translations
7 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
From Middle English interpretacioun, from the Anglo-Norman form of Old French interpretaciFrom 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.
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Forms
plural: interpretations| Singular | interpretation |
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Synonyms
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