| 1. | serving to interpret; explanatory. |
| 2. | deduced by interpretation. |
| 3. | made because of interpretation: an interpretive distortion of language. |
| 4. | of or pertaining to those arts that require an intermediary, as a performer, for realization, as in music or theater. |
| 5. | offering interpretations, explanations, or guidance, as through lectures, brochures, or films: the museum's interpretive center. |