Thesaurus: interpretation

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1. n. 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.
2. n. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.
3. n. The power or explaining.
4. n. An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
5. n. The act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
6. n. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
7. n. the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
8. n. an explanation that results from interpreting something
9. n. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
10. 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 formulæ to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases. Syn. -- Explanation; solution; translation; version; sense; exposition; rendering; definition.
11. An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying hisconception of nature.
12. n:100 n. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something n. an explanation that results from interpreting something n. an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious