English Dictionary

interpretation

/ɪntɚpɹəˈteɪʃən/

noun

(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version. / (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.

The interpretation of the data is crucial for understanding the results.

意味（1）

(countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.

The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma

意味（2）

(countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.

Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

意味（3）

(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).

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.

意味（4）

(uncountable) The power of explaining.

意味（5）

(countable) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.

意味（6）

(countable) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

意味（7）

(countable, physics) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.

意味（8）

(countable, logic, model theory) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.

意味（9）

heritage interpretation