interpretationin‧ter‧pre‧ta‧tion /ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən $ -ɜːr-/ ●●○ W3 AWL noun [countable, uncountable] 
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).2the 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
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Lawyers called the police department's interpretation of the law "ridiculous."
- Leonard won for his skillful interpretation of a piece by Mozart.
- the traditional interpretation of Marx's opinions
- The word "reasonable" is vague and open to interpretation.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone's opinion about the meaning of something
someone's opinion about the probable meaning of a statement, result, someone's actions etc: · One possible interpretation is that they want you to resign.interpretation of: · the traditional interpretation of Marx's opinionsbe open to interpretation (=to be able to be interpreted in more than one way): · The word "reasonable" is vague and open to interpretation.
someone's opinion about the meaning of a piece of writing or an action, used especially when they realize that there are other possible meanings: somebody's understanding (of something): · According to my understanding of the letter, it means something quite different.· That was not my understanding of the regulations, and I resent your accusation that I failed to follow them correctly.
someone's opinion about the meaning of a statement, an event, or a situation after considering all the available information: somebody's reading of something: · What's your reading of the latest trade figures?· My reading of the situation is that this conflict is likely to get worse over the next few months.
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY 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).COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a liberal interpretation of the original play A trade war is not a war in the literal sense. a loose interpretation of the lawCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
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). a liberal interpretation of the original play A trade war is not a war in the literal sense. a loose interpretation of the law· We may need alternative explanations or interpretations.· And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation of the simplest, most idiot-proof instructions?· The alternative interpretation, now generally accepted, is that it is more efficient if there is only one firm.· An alternative interpretation of the data was given using the idea of attention focusing.· Each of these is susceptible of alternative interpretations.· Indeed, it may seem almost so obvious that the alternative interpretation is not consciously perceived at all.· Every teacher understands the implications of this Analysing and reporting Have you analysed your data systematically and fairly, considering alternative interpretations?· Right and wrong established from these sources is utterly vague and capable of unlimited alternative interpretations.
· Innovation should be the correct interpretation of the archetype, the prototype.· The correct interpretation is to regard local government services as simply those services provided by local government in Particular circumstances.· The Permanent Court was asked for an opinion on the correct interpretation of the Athens Agreement.· First, it was unsuccessful on the correct interpretation of the relevant statute, the Police Act 1964.· That this is the correct interpretation of the role of words in trusts emerges more clearly in the next section.· These figures compared with 8 and 11% for the corresponding conditions in which the linguistically correct interpretation was the only possible one.· However, when seen within a meaningful context, the correct interpretation seems almost obvious.· Which of these various possibilities provides the correct interpretation for surface dyslexia?
· There are far too many grey areas with endless different interpretations open to every side.· There are several different interpretations of the domain of state action across the major variants of socialism described in Chapter 2.· Even when their specific characteristics are recognized, they are given different interpretations and names.· A different interpretation of the Orphic cosmogonic accounts is more accurate.· Predictably, perhaps, this has resulted in different interpretations.· Are different interpretations of the data possible?· Works of authority can be rewritten or subjected to different interpretations in the same way as can other texts.· Not surprisingly, Forbes has a different interpretation.
· Yet the liberal interpretation of divorce laws appears to have led to the alarming trends already observed.· The traditional liberal interpretation is rooted in an approach to history fundamentally at odds with that of Soviet historiography.· The middle classes According to the liberal interpretation, as we have seen, such liberalization was under way.· It is notable too that this liberal interpretation is proposed by the jurist, and merely adopted from him by the emperor.· These conclusions have led revisionists to cast doubt on three of the assumptions underlying the liberal interpretation.· This, of course, relies on a liberal interpretation of the coins from Barton Farm.
· But the Ahlbergs have no time for literal interpretations of their work.· He tended toward literal interpretations and preferred unambiguous answers.· These are collocational ties which in many cases defy literal interpretation, and have to be understood metaphorically.
· The ratio decidendi of Donoghue v. Stevenson is open to two interpretations.· As a result, what we see is consistently open to interpretation, often with profound and tragic consequences.· Possible child abuse has occurred but the circumstances are open to many interpretations.· This condition is open to two interpretations.· The reason why is open to various interpretations.· Thus judgements are made on subjective grounds concerning the performance of the individual and this will be open to interpretation.· Results are often open to many interpretations and extension to a reliable quantitative answer is difficult.
· The range of possible interpretations of these ratios is quite wide, however, and could provide material for further research.· Two possible interpretations of this effect were advanced in Chapter 5.· A possible interpretation of these findings is that genetic mechanisms are involved in the regulation of the IgG subclass response.· That seems superfluous and even confusing, but unless some paths of possible interpretation are quite deliberately blocked they will be taken.· Given this uncertainty it is probably safest for the drafter to assume that s3 will be given its widest possible interpretation.· Knowing is seen as a subjective experience in which the content of that which is known is subject to manifold possible interpretations.· Some possible interpretations of this difference are given at the end of this chapter.· It is not that the hearer has to decide which of a range of possible interpretations the speaker intended.
VERB· Mr. Baker I do not accept that interpretation.· There is no evidence, for instance, that anyone in the tribes ever came to accept the interpretations offered.· The ideas embodied within the Aten cult were not new but had always been accepted in conjunction with many other interpretations.· If one accepts this interpretation then the third-person form would not have the negative connotations defined so sharply by John Lyons.· I am unable to accept this interpretation of the judgment.
· Smith told me that his opinion was based upon his subjective interpretation of the statutes.· Burial histories have been plotted at several well locations based on a stratigraphic interpretation of well and seismic data.· In 1967, Lovelock wrote two papers predicting that Mars would be lifeless based on his interpretation of its atmosphere.· The consensus group does not make clear that its recommendations are based on its interpretation of the widely available literature.
· And, equally, what answer can Wittgenstein give on this interpretation to Kripke's questions about objectivity?· It is only within the context of investigation that we can know the objectives that are coloring a given interpretation.· Workers may also have vital evidence to give about the interpretation of a parent's silence or refusal to give information.· The myths and rites will be given different interpretations, different rational applications, different social customs to validate and enforce.· The entire period-doubling cascade can be given a similar interpretation.· Even when their specific characteristics are recognized, they are given different interpretations and names.· This means risking speaking in a tongue without knowing who will give the interpretation.· Table 4.2 gives the main interpretations of each category and some terms for related objectives.
· Other artists offer a variety of interpretations.· Ballet Arts Foundation offers a more traditional interpretation, enhanced by professionally built scenes and costumes.· You can offer analysis, interpretation, solutions and suggestions.
· It is important to help pupils to appreciate that metaphors require interpretation within a background of shared ideas.· Both require elaborate interpretation to be understood by anyone but the immediate persons involved.· Additionally they need individually different attention, not simply because each child is unique but because the different stages require different interpretations.· Once they have been dated, though, their significance for the site where they were found still requires interpretation.· Sometimes subjects require considerable explanation or interpretation, and in these cases the museum catalogue can give definitive help.· Any kind of evidence, however, requires interpretation.· It therefore follows that an understanding of action requires an interpretation of the meanings which the actors give to their activities.· This convention requires careful interpretation for local vectors, i.e. vectors measured at a given point in space.
WORD FAMILYnouninterpretationinterpreteradjectiveinterpretativeinterpretiveverbinterpret
1the 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).2the 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- engineer
- engineering
- England
- England and Wales Cricket Board
- English
- English breakfast
- English Channel
- English Heritage
- English horn
- Englishman
- English muffin
- English Tourist Board
- Englishwoman
- engorged
- engrave
- engraver
- engraving
- engross
- engrossed
- engrossing
- engulf
- enhance
- enhanced
- enhancement
- enhancer