interpretation

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the meaning or explanation you give to something that is not clear.

   The new law is open to many different interpretations.

2. 2
   noun

   a particular way of performing a piece of music, a play, or a role.

   Her interpretation of the song brought the audience to tears.

3. 3
   noun

   the work of translating spoken language from one language into another.

   She studied interpretation so she could work at international conferences.

From Middle English interpretacioun, from the Anglo-Norman form of Old French interpretacion, from Latin interpretātiō, noun of action from interpretor (“to explain, expound, interpret, understand, conclude, infer, comprehend”). Morphologically interpret + -ation.

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