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Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-tur-pri-tey-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˌtɜr prɪˈteɪ ʃən



Definition of interpretation

Origin :
  • mid-14c. (late 13c. in Anglo-French), from Old French interpretacion (12c.) and directly from Latin interpretationem (nominative interpretatio) "explanation, exposition," noun of action from past participle stem of interpretari (see interpret).
  • noun understanding
Example sentences :
  • "It may be better not to seek the interpretation," persists Eve.
  • Extract from : « The New Adam and Eve (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • That, I think, must be regarded as sound, and a just interpretation of the law.
  • Extract from : « Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 7. » by Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
  • Leonora neither accepted nor rejected my interpretation of what had passed.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • Let us look for a moment at these two ideas: interpretation and guidance.
  • Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey
  • So much for the use of the subject-matter in interpretation.
  • Extract from : « The Child and the Curriculum » by John Dewey
  • It was interpreted by one to whom the interpretation was as natural as breathing.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • Perhaps he had been mistaken in his interpretation of what he had seen.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • A method of interpretation as ancient as Joseph, to be sure.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
  • But any interpretation of nature by physical science is far in advance of such idealism.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • Ought this interpretation of the Indian Penal Code to be possible?
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

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