# interpretation
## English
### Etymology

From Middle English [Term?], from Anglo-Norman [Term?], from Old French [Term?], from Latin interpretātiō, noun of action from interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”) Morphologically interpret +‎ -ation

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /ɪnˌtɝpɹəˈteɪʃən/
** Audio (Texas):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈtæɪʃən/
* Rhymes: -eɪʃən
* Hyphenation: in‧ter‧pre‧ta‧tion

### Noun

interpretation (countable and uncountable, plural interpretations)
* (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
* (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
    Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
** 1993, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, →ISBN, page 27:Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations.
* (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
** 1994, Richard K. Seymour, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Translation and Interpreting: Bridging East and West : Selected Conference Papers, University of Hawaii Press (→ISBN), page 11
    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.
** 2002, Alessandra Riccardi, Translation Studies: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 90:Interpretation studies is a young discipline, much younger than translation studies, and it cannot claim a long tradition and history of reflexions and studies.
** 2013, Sana Loue, Handbook of Immigrant Health, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 61:The most pervasive need of non-English-speaking immigrants and refugees is interpretation for every English transaction. Interpretation is needed in stores, schools, and job training, and it is of critical importance in health care.
    Synonym: interpreting
    Hyponyms: simultaneous interpretation, consecutive interpretation
* (uncountable) The power of explaining.
* (countable) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
* (countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
* (countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
* (countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
* heritage interpretation

#### Derived terms

* counterinterpretation
* interpretational
* misinterpretation
* noninterpretation
* overinterpretation
* reinterpretation
* underinterpretation
* Bohm interpretation
* consecutive interpretation
* Copenhagen interpretation
* heritage interpretation
* interpretation panel
* interpretation sign
* many-worlds interpretation
* multi-history interpretation
* photographic interpretation
* retour interpretation
* simultaneous interpretation
* whispered interpretation

#### Related terms

* interpret
* interpretative
* interpreter
* interpretive

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### See also

* (logic): valuation

### Further reading

* “interpretation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “interpretation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.