interpretation
/ɪnˌtɝpɹəˈteɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.22 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
Uncountable
noun
An artist's way of expressing thought or embodying a conception of nature through art.
Countable
noun
An act or process of applying general principles or formulae to the explanation of the results obtained in special cases.
Countable
noun
An approximation that allows aspects of a mathematical theory to be discussed in ordinary language.
Countable
noun
An assignment of a truth value to each propositional symbol of a propositional calculus.
Countable
Example Sentences
- "The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma"
- "The interpretation of the rules"
- "Putting the matter in this way implies a situation in which all social conflicts have disappeared; and this confirms the interpretation according to which Marx and Engels held that the abolition of class divisions would at the same time abolish all other sources of conflict."
- "Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture."
- "Again, the multiplist would hold that the grounds for separating admissible from inadmissible interpretations cannot be the same as the grounds for preferability among admissible interpretations."
- "I believe that interpretation, particularly consecutive interpretation, is an art. I also believe, however, that the skill of consecutive interpretation can be taught, but only up to a point."
Etymology
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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Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪnˌtɝpɹəˈteɪʃən/
- British English: /ɪnˌtɜːpɹəˈteɪʃən/