•interpretation, construal, explanation (an act of interpreting or explaining something unclear) · interpretation, construal (a sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning) · rendition, interpretation (of a role or piece of music by a performer)
köken: From interpreteren + -atie; from Old French, from Latin interpretationem, accusative of interpretatio, noun of action from interpretari (“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”).
an interpretation (the act of direct translation from one language to another) · an interpretation (a definition, an understanding of a concept) · an interpretation (an execution of a piece of music; a rendering of a motive in art, in painting, in sculpture)
interpretation (sense; way of expressing thought; applying principles to express results) · rendition (an interpretation or performance of an artwork) · decipherment (analysis of documents written in ancient languages, where the language is unknown, or knowledge of the language has been lost)
köken: Internationalism, Borrowed from Dutch interpretatie, from Old French, from Latin interpretationem, accusative of interpretatio, noun of action from interpretari.
interpretation (an act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure) · interpretation (a sense given by an interpreter; meaning) · interpretation (an artist's way of expressing their thought)