interpretation
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/
ipa: /ɪnˌtɝpɹəˈteɪʃən/
ipa: /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈtæɪʃən/
rhymes: -eɪʃən
Forms: form: interpretations
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.
Senses: examples: text: The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma
text: The interpretation of the rules
synonyms: gloss
glosses: An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
examples: text: Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
text: 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.
ref: 1993, Michael Krausz, Rightness and Reasons: Interpretation in Cultural Practices, →ISBN, page 27:
glosses: A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1994, Richard K. Seymour, University of Hawaii at Manoa. Translation and Interpreting: Bridging East and West : Selected Conference Papers, University of Hawaii Press, page 11
text: Interpretation studies is a young discipline, much younger than translation studies, and it cannot claim a long tradition and history of reflexions ^([sic]) and studies.
ref: 2002, Alessandra Riccardi, Translation Studies: Perspectives on an Emerging Discipline, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 90:
text: 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.
ref: 2013, Sana Loue, Handbook of Immigrant Health, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 61:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
translation-studies
synonyms: interpreting
hyponyms: simultaneous interpretation
consecutive interpretation
glosses: The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
glosses: The power of explaining.
glosses: An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
glosses: An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
topics: natural-sciences
physical-sciences
physics
glosses: An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
topics: human-sciences
logic
mathematics
philosophy
sciences
qualifier: model theory
glosses: An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
glosses: Short for heritage interpretation
Derived terms: sense: Affixed forms
word: counterinterpretation
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word: interpretational
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word: interpretationism
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word: interpretationist
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word: misinterpretation
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word: noninterpretation
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word: overinterpretation
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word: photointerpretation
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word: reinterpretation
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word: underinterpretation
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word: urinterpretation
sense: Expressions
word: Bohm interpretation
sense: Expressions
word: consecutive interpretation
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word: Copenhagen interpretation
sense: Expressions
word: heritage interpretation
sense: Expressions
word: interpretation panel
sense: Expressions
word: interpretation sign
sense: Expressions
word: many-worlds interpretation
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word: multi-history interpretation
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word: photographic interpretation
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word: retour interpretation
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word: simultaneous interpretation
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word: whispered interpretation
Related terms: word: interpret
word: interpretative
word: interpreter
word: interpretive
topics: logic
mathematics
philosophy
human-sciences
sciences
word: valuation