INTERPRETATION


Meaning of INTERPRETATION in English

in ‧ ter ‧ pre ‧ ta ‧ tion W2 AC /ɪnˌtɜːprəˈteɪʃ ə n, ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃ ə n $ -ɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable]

[ Word Family: noun : ↑ interpretation , ↑ interpreter ; adjective : ↑ interpretative , ↑ interpretive ; verb : ↑ interpret ]

1 . the way in which someone explains or understands an event, information, someone’s actions etc:

One possible interpretation is that they want you to resign.

It’s difficult to put an accurate interpretation on (=explain) the survey results.

What exactly the author meant by that statement is open to interpretation (=able to be understood or explained in different ways) .

2 . the way in which someone performs a play, a piece of music etc and shows what they think and feel about it:

Laurence Olivier’s brilliant interpretation of Henry V

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.