interpretation
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interpretation
- /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/ UK
- /ɪnˌtɝpɹəˈteɪʃən/ Canada, US
- /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈtæɪʃən/ Australia
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
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.
noun interpretations
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An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma
Similar: gloss
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A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
Similar: reading
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The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
I believe that interpretation, particularly consecutive interpretation, is an art. I also believe, however, that the skill of consecutive interpretation can be taught, but only up to a point.
Similar: interpreting
- The power of explaining.
- An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
- An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
- An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
- An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
- Short for heritage interpretation
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: interpreting, reading, version, rendering, rendition, interpret, meaning, translation, characterization, translate, definition, narrative, speaking, the, explanatory, explanation
Translations
Every language
noun act of interpreting
| Español | interpretación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 통역 tong'yeok |
| 日本語 | 通訳 tsūyaku |
| 中文 | 翻譯 /翻译 fānyì |
| हिन्दी | निर्वचन nirvacan, अर्थनिर्वचन arthanirvacan, अर्थापन arthāpan, व्याख्या vyākhyā, ताबीर tābīr, तरजुमा tarjumā |
| Kiswahili | ufasiri, ukalimani |
| Português | interpretação |
| Français | interprétation |
| Deutsch | Interpretation, Auslegung |
| Ελληνικά | ερμηνεία ermineía |
| Română | interpretare |
| Русский | перево́д perevód, интерпрета́ция intɛrpretácija, тракто́вка traktóvka, толкова́ние tolkovánije |
| العربية | تَفْسِير tafsīr, تأويل taʔwīl |
noun sense given by an interpreter
| Español | interpretación |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 解釈 kaishaku |
| 中文 | 解釋 /解释 jiěshì |
| हिन्दी | अनुवाद anuvād |
| Kiswahili | tafsiri |
| Português | interpretação |
| Français | interprétation |
| Deutsch | Interpretation, Deutung, Auslegung |
| Ελληνικά | ερμηνεία ermineía |
| Română | interpretare, semnificație |
| Русский | интерпрета́ция intɛrpretácija, тракто́вка traktóvka, толкова́ние tolkovánije, объясне́ние obʺjasnénije |
| العربية | تَفْسِير tafsīr |
noun the discipline of translating a spoken language
| Español | interpretación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 口譯 /口译 kǒuyì |
| Português | interpretação |
| Français | interprétation |
| Deutsch | Dolmetschen |
| Ελληνικά | διερμηνεία diermineía |
| Română | interpretare, interpretariat |
| Русский | у́стный перево́д ústnyj perevód |
noun artist's way of expressing his thought
| Português | interpretação |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Interpretation |
| Ελληνικά | ερμηνεία ermineía |
| Română | interpretare |
| Русский | интерпрета́ция intɛrpretácija, тракто́вка traktóvka, толкова́ние tolkovánije |
noun process of applying general principles to the explanation of the results
| Português | interpretação |
|---|
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title = {interpretation},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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