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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
interpretation
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
liberal interpretation
▪ a liberal interpretation of the original play
literal meaning/sense/interpretation etc
▪ A trade war is not a war in the literal sense.
loose interpretation
▪ a loose interpretation of the law
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
alternative
▪ We may need alternative explanations or interpretations.
▪ And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation of the simplest, most idiot-proof instructions?
▪ The alternative interpretation, now generally accepted, is that it is more efficient if there is only one firm.
▪ An alternative interpretation of the data was given using the idea of attention focusing.
▪ Each of these is susceptible of alternative interpretations.
▪ Indeed, it may seem almost so obvious that the alternative interpretation is not consciously perceived at all.
▪ Every teacher understands the implications of this Analysing and reporting Have you analysed your data systematically and fairly, considering alternative interpretations?
▪ Right and wrong established from these sources is utterly vague and capable of unlimited alternative interpretations.
correct
▪ Innovation should be the correct interpretation of the archetype, the prototype.
▪ The correct interpretation is to regard local government services as simply those services provided by local government in Particular circumstances.
▪ The Permanent Court was asked for an opinion on the correct interpretation of the Athens Agreement.
▪ First, it was unsuccessful on the correct interpretation of the relevant statute, the Police Act 1964.
▪ That this is the correct interpretation of the role of words in trusts emerges more clearly in the next section.
▪ These figures compared with 8 and 11% for the corresponding conditions in which the linguistically correct interpretation was the only possible one.
▪ However, when seen within a meaningful context, the correct interpretation seems almost obvious.
▪ Which of these various possibilities provides the correct interpretation for surface dyslexia?
different
▪ There are far too many grey areas with endless different interpretations open to every side.
▪ There are several different interpretations of the domain of state action across the major variants of socialism described in Chapter 2.
▪ Even when their specific characteristics are recognized, they are given different interpretations and names.
▪ A different interpretation of the Orphic cosmogonic accounts is more accurate.
▪ Predictably, perhaps, this has resulted in different interpretations.
▪ Are different interpretations of the data possible?
▪ Works of authority can be rewritten or subjected to different interpretations in the same way as can other texts.
▪ Not surprisingly, Forbes has a different interpretation.
liberal
▪ Yet the liberal interpretation of divorce laws appears to have led to the alarming trends already observed.
▪ The traditional liberal interpretation is rooted in an approach to history fundamentally at odds with that of Soviet historiography.
▪ The middle classes According to the liberal interpretation, as we have seen, such liberalization was under way.
▪ It is notable too that this liberal interpretation is proposed by the jurist, and merely adopted from him by the emperor.
▪ These conclusions have led revisionists to cast doubt on three of the assumptions underlying the liberal interpretation.
▪ This, of course, relies on a liberal interpretation of the coins from Barton Farm.
literal
▪ But the Ahlbergs have no time for literal interpretations of their work.
▪ He tended toward literal interpretations and preferred unambiguous answers.
▪ These are collocational ties which in many cases defy literal interpretation, and have to be understood metaphorically.
open
▪ The ratio decidendi of Donoghue v. Stevenson is open to two interpretations.
▪ As a result, what we see is consistently open to interpretation, often with profound and tragic consequences.
▪ Possible child abuse has occurred but the circumstances are open to many interpretations.
▪ This condition is open to two interpretations.
▪ The reason why is open to various interpretations.
▪ Thus judgements are made on subjective grounds concerning the performance of the individual and this will be open to interpretation.
▪ Results are often open to many interpretations and extension to a reliable quantitative answer is difficult.
possible
▪ The range of possible interpretations of these ratios is quite wide, however, and could provide material for further research.
▪ Two possible interpretations of this effect were advanced in Chapter 5.
▪ A possible interpretation of these findings is that genetic mechanisms are involved in the regulation of the IgG subclass response.
▪ That seems superfluous and even confusing, but unless some paths of possible interpretation are quite deliberately blocked they will be taken.
▪ Given this uncertainty it is probably safest for the drafter to assume that s3 will be given its widest possible interpretation.
▪ Knowing is seen as a subjective experience in which the content of that which is known is subject to manifold possible interpretations.
▪ Some possible interpretations of this difference are given at the end of this chapter.
▪ It is not that the hearer has to decide which of a range of possible interpretations the speaker intended.
■ VERB
accept
▪ Mr. Baker I do not accept that interpretation.
▪ There is no evidence, for instance, that anyone in the tribes ever came to accept the interpretations offered.
▪ The ideas embodied within the Aten cult were not new but had always been accepted in conjunction with many other interpretations.
▪ If one accepts this interpretation then the third-person form would not have the negative connotations defined so sharply by John Lyons.
▪ I am unable to accept this interpretation of the judgment.
based
▪ Smith told me that his opinion was based upon his subjective interpretation of the statutes.
▪ Burial histories have been plotted at several well locations based on a stratigraphic interpretation of well and seismic data.
▪ In 1967, Lovelock wrote two papers predicting that Mars would be lifeless based on his interpretation of its atmosphere.
▪ The consensus group does not make clear that its recommendations are based on its interpretation of the widely available literature.
give
▪ And, equally, what answer can Wittgenstein give on this interpretation to Kripke's questions about objectivity?
▪ It is only within the context of investigation that we can know the objectives that are coloring a given interpretation.
▪ Workers may also have vital evidence to give about the interpretation of a parent's silence or refusal to give information.
▪ The myths and rites will be given different interpretations, different rational applications, different social customs to validate and enforce.
▪ The entire period-doubling cascade can be given a similar interpretation.
▪ Even when their specific characteristics are recognized, they are given different interpretations and names.
▪ This means risking speaking in a tongue without knowing who will give the interpretation.
▪ Table 4.2 gives the main interpretations of each category and some terms for related objectives.
offer
▪ Other artists offer a variety of interpretations.
▪ Ballet Arts Foundation offers a more traditional interpretation, enhanced by professionally built scenes and costumes.
▪ You can offer analysis, interpretation, solutions and suggestions.
require
▪ It is important to help pupils to appreciate that metaphors require interpretation within a background of shared ideas.
▪ Both require elaborate interpretation to be understood by anyone but the immediate persons involved.
▪ Additionally they need individually different attention, not simply because each child is unique but because the different stages require different interpretations.
▪ Once they have been dated, though, their significance for the site where they were found still requires interpretation.
▪ Sometimes subjects require considerable explanation or interpretation, and in these cases the museum catalogue can give definitive help.
▪ Any kind of evidence, however, requires interpretation.
▪ It therefore follows that an understanding of action requires an interpretation of the meanings which the actors give to their activities.
▪ This convention requires careful interpretation for local vectors, i.e. vectors measured at a given point in space.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Lawyers called the police department's interpretation of the law "ridiculous."
▪ Leonard won for his skillful interpretation of a piece by Mozart.
▪ the traditional interpretation of Marx's opinions
▪ The word "reasonable" is vague and open to interpretation.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Interpretation

Interpretation \In*ter`pre*ta"tion\ ([i^]n*t[~e]r`pr[-e]*t[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. interpretatio: cf. F. interpr['e]tation.]

  1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma.

    Look how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our looks.
    --Shak.

  2. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

  3. The power or explaining. [R.]
    --Bacon.

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

  5. (Math.) The act or process of applying general principles or formul[ae] to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.

    Syn: Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
interpretation

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).

Wiktionary
interpretation

n. 1 (context countable English) An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction. 2 (context countable English) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning . 3 (context uncountable English) The power of explaining. 4 (context countable English) An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. 5 (context countable English) An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases. 6 (context countable physics English) An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language. 7 (context countable logic model theory English) An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.

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WordNet
interpretation

  1. n. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something [syn: reading, version]

  2. the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance; "her rendition of Milton's verse was extraordinarily moving" [syn: rendition, rendering]

  3. an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"

  4. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious; "the edict was subject to many interpretations"; "he annoyed us with his interpreting of parables"; "often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning" [syn: interpreting, rendition, rendering]

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Interpretation

Interpretation or interpreter may refer to:

Interpretation (logic)

An interpretation is an assignment of meaning to the symbols of a formal language. Many formal languages used in mathematics, logic, and theoretical computer science are defined in solely syntactic terms, and as such do not have any meaning until they are given some interpretation. The general study of interpretations of formal languages is called formal semantics.

The most commonly studied formal logics are propositional logic, predicate logic and their modal analogs, and for these there are standard ways of presenting an interpretation. In these contexts an interpretation is a function that provides the extension of symbols and strings of symbols of an object language. For example, an interpretation function could take the predicate T (for "tall") and assign it the extension {a} (for "Abraham Lincoln"). Note that all our interpretation does is assign the extension {a} to the non-logical constant T, and does not make a claim about whether T is to stand for tall and 'a' for Abraham Lincoln. Nor does logical interpretation have anything to say about logical connectives like 'and', 'or' and 'not'. Though we may take these symbols to stand for certain things or concepts, this is not determined by the interpretation function.

An interpretation often (but not always) provides a way to determine the truth values of sentences in a language. If a given interpretation assigns the value True to a sentence or theory, the interpretation is called a model of that sentence or theory.

Interpretation (model theory)

In model theory, interpretation of a structure M in another structure N (typically of a different signature) is a technical notion that approximates the idea of representing M inside N. For example every reduct or definitional expansion of a structure N has an interpretation in N.

Many model-theoretic properties are preserved under interpretability. For example if the theory of N is stable and M is interpretable in N, then the theory of M is also stable.

Interpretation (canon law)

In relation to the canon law of the Catholic Church, canonists give rules for the exact interpretation and acceptation of words, in order that decrees may be correctly understood and the extent of their obligation determined.

Interpretation (philosophy)

A philosophical interpretation is the assignment of meanings to various concepts, symbols, or objects under consideration. Two broad types of interpretation can be distinguished: interpretations of physical objects, and interpretations of concepts ( Conceptual model).

Interpretation (journal)

Interpretation is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the field of biblical studies. The editor-in-chief is Samuel E. Balentine ( Union Presbyterian Seminary). It was established in 1947 and is published by Sage Publications.

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Usage examples of "interpretation".

The experiment that appears to falsify these venerable and widely trusted interpretations of quantum mechanics is the Afshar Experiment.

The problem encountered by the Copenhagen and Many-Worlds Interpretations is that the Afshar Experiment has identified a situation in which these popular Interpretations of quantum mechanics are inconsistent with the quantum formalism itself.

Thus, the Transactional interpretation is completely consistent with the results of the Afshar Experiment and with the quantum formalism.

Does it mean that the physics community must turn to an interpretation like the Transactional interpretation that is consistent with the Afshar results?

Though in some respects he was under the fantastic notions of the Areopagite, in others his interpretation was rational, free and undogmatic.

The interpretation of unresolved satiric performances in a real sense repeats the Aristophanic pattern of lodging its real subjects beyond the stage itself.

Anyhow, it is certain that even in Aristotelian philosophy, let alone Platonic philosophy, there was already a tradition of highly intelligent interpretation.

Northern archeologist who knew little about the prehistory of this region, I was fascinated to learn of a series of remarkable discoveries made in the past decade that changed the interpretation of Austronesian prehistory.

To explain contradictory statements in the older and later parts of the Veda, Brahminical learning makes use of the subtleties of an harmonistical method of interpretation.

Jan Jelinek, Director Emeritus, Anthropos Institute, Brno, Czechoslovakia, for his unfailing kindness, assistance, and astute observations and interpretations of the rich Upper Paleolithic artifacts of the region.

Orient may appear in all its realistic detail, in Chateaubriand the ego dissolves itself in the contemplation of wonders it creates, and then is reborn, stronger than ever, more able to savor its powers and enjoy its interpretations.

The cunning of this science consists in this,--that, after pointing out to men the coarsest false interpretations of the activity of the reason and conscience of man, it destroys in them faith in their own reason and conscience, and assures them that every thing which their reason and conscience say to them, that all that these have said to the loftiest representatives of man heretofore, ever since the world has existed,--that all this is conventional and subjective.

The Cocceians ran wild with their principles of fanciful interpretation.

While there was an assimilation of the Voetians to the Cocceians in the application of the allegorical principle of interpretation, there was a moral retrogression of the latter which greatly reduced their strength.

The Ancient Studies scholars of Tokugawa Japan also differed widely in their interpretations of what constituted the original teachings of Confucianism and how they should be applied to the conditions of their own country and age.