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in⋅ter⋅pre⋅ta⋅tion
[in-tur-pri-tey-shuh
n] 
–noun
| 1. | the act of interpreting; elucidation; explication: This writer's work demands interpretation. |
| 2. | an explanation of the meaning of another's artistic or creative work; an elucidation: an interpretation of a poem. |
| 3. | a conception of another's behavior: a charitable interpretation of his tactlessness. |
| 4. | a way of interpreting. |
| 5. | the rendering of a dramatic part, music, etc., so as to bring out the meaning, or to indicate one's particular conception of it. |
| 6. | oral translation. |
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| in·ter·pre·ta·tion (ĭn-tûr'prĭ-tā'shən) n.
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Interpretation
In*ter`pre*ta"tion\, n. [L. interpretatio: cf. F. interpr['e]tation.]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) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. 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.
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Main Entry: in·ter·pre·ta·tion
Pronunciation: in-"t&r-pr&-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
: the act or result of interpreting —compare CONSTRUCTION —in·ter·pre·ta·tive /in-'t&r-pr&-"tA-tiv, -t&-tiv/ adjective —in·ter·pre·tive /in-'t&r-pr&-tiv/ adjective
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Main Entry: in·ter·pre·ta·tion
Pronunciation: in-"t&r-pr&-'tA-sh&n, -p&-
Function: noun
: the act or result ofgiving an explanation of something <interpretation of the symptoms of disease>; especially : an explanation in understandable terms to a patient in psychotherapy of thedeeper meaning according to psychological theory of the material related and the behavior exhibited by the patient during treatment —in·ter·pret /in-'t&r-pr&t,-p&t/ transitive verb —in·ter·pre·tive /-pr&t-iv, -p&t-/ or in·ter·pre·ta·tive /-pr&-"tAt-iv, -pr&t-&t-iv/ adjective
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interpretation in·ter·pre·ta·tion (ĭn-tûr'prĭ-tā'shən)
n.
- The act or process of explaining the meaning of something.
- A psychotherapist's explanation of the meaning of a patient's remarks, dreams, memories, experiences, and behavior.
in·ter'pret v.
in·ter'pre·ta'tion·al adj.
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