Definition: 1. A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something. 2. The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance. 3. An explanation that results from interpreting something. 4. An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious.
Use 'interpretation' in a sentence:
1. The involved and abstruse passage makes several interpretations possible.
2. Their interpretation was faulty — they had misinterpreted things.
3. As a well-known proverb goes: "there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people's eyes", a good novel should be open to interpretation.
4. This theatre creates a new interpretation of Shakespeare's comedy.
5. This passage is open to different interpretations.
6. Their interpretation was faulty – they had misinterpreted things.
7. The opposition Conservative Party put a different interpretation on the figures.
8. It is subject to interpretation of statistics.
9. Division arose over the interpretation of the idea.
10. How can I write about Brook's interpretation of the play if I can't see his production?
11. But as Murray says, "Every step of the way involves interpretation."
12. There are, however, certain difficulties with this interpretation.
13. The anthropologist Alexander Marshack has an interesting interpretation of some of the engravings made during the Upper Paleolithic.
14. This doesn't, however, make interpretation merely relative or even pointless.
15. I was frankly astonished at the degree to which different singers can affect the interpretation of a song.
16. In the years following the publication of this study, Steinberg began to believe that this interpretation did not capture the whole picture.
17. "Dear Alex, I'd prefer you not to put your own interpretation on things," Rachel went on.
18. The report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence.
19. Interpretation of the cryoscopic and other data is often complicated.
20. Yet in the years following the publication of this study, Steinberg began to believe that this interpretation did not capture the whole picture.
21. Even if her interpretation has not yet gelled into a satisfying whole, she displays real musicianship.
22. The Phoenix, in Mid-Levels, offers the widest interpretation of "British cuisine", while still trying to maintain its soul.
23. Your interpretation of this essay is much too forced.
24. The obscurity of the passage makes several interpretations possible.
25. In case there is any divergence of interpretation of this agreement, the* text shall prevail.
26. Its real value is open to interpretation.
27. Teleological method of interpretation is a very important legal science method.
29. We found that when we taught participants to ask "What if?" and "How can?" questions that nobody present would know the answer to and that would spark exploration, they engaged in better inquiry at the next exhibit — asking more questions, performing more experiments and making better interpretations of their results.
30. Yet for the first eight decades of the amendment's existence, the Supreme Court's interpretation of the amendment betrayed this ideal of equality.
31. His interpretation is coherent and intelligible.
32. Her place in Langelinie will be occupied by three trendsetting Chinese artists and their interpretation of the sculpture.
33. This agreement is very ambiguous and open to various interpretations.
34. Since lake levels are controlled by rates of evaporation as well as by precipitation, the interpretation of such levels is ambiguous.
35. It gave a readily visualizable interpretation of lobatchevsky's geometry.
36. However, any interpretation that seeks to unify all of the novel's diverse elements is bound to be somewhat unconvincing.
37. Her interpretation of the facts may be open to doubt.
38. In case there is any divergence of interpretation of this agreement, the. text shall prevail.
39. Analysis and interpretation is a very personal thing.
40. It is not possible for everyone to put their own interpretation on the law.
41. Language interpretation is the whole point of the act of reading.
42. Dreams are open to interpretation.
43. The conference hall is provided with facilities for simultaneous interpretation in five languages.
44. Her evidence suggests a different interpretation of the events.
45. History is always a matter of interpretation.
46. Professor Wolfgang gives the data a very different interpretation.
47. I like your interpretation better than the one I was taught.
48. A different interpretation is possible when the actual amount of information acquired by the user is taken into account.
49. Some phrases in the contract are open to interpretation.
50. She stamped her own interpretation on the role.
51. Her interpretation of the music was too literal.
