interpretationn.

Brit.

/ɪnˌtəːprᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ᵻnˌtərprəˈteɪʃən/

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s interpretacioun, interpretacion(n)e, interpretacyon, Middle English enterpretacioun, ( enterpreteysoun).

Etymology: < French interprétation (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), or immediately < Latin interpretātiōn-em , noun of action from interpretārī to interpret v.; compare Anglo-Norman entrepretacion (Godefroy Compl.). The form enterpreteysoun represents an Old French semi-popular form in -aison, after raison, saison, etc.; compare Anglo-Norman interpretiso(u)n (like orison, venison).1292 Britton ii. viii. §3 Pur ceo voloms qe a nous soint les dotaunces et les deloyaunces moustrez, et qe par nous soint fetes les interpretisouns.

a. The action of interpreting or explaining; explanation, exposition. †by interpretation, inferentially; = interpretatively adv. Interpretation of Nature, a phrase used by Bacon to denote the discovery of natural laws by means of induction.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]

keyeOE

undoinga1330

expositiona1340

declarationc1374

declaringc1374

clearingc1380

expoundingc1380

explanationa1382

interpretation1382

exploitingc1390

unfolding1483

explicating1531

explication1537

clearance?1548

elucidation1570

explaining1576

manifestation1576

untwining1577

illustration1581

untwisting1591

eviscerating1599

unclouding1601

enodation1603

opening1611

dilucidation1615

unsnarling1640

declarement1646

enucleation1650

illumination1656

dilucidatinga1660

luciferousness1665

clarifying1677

unravelling1713

disentanglement1751

exegesis1770

disambiguation1827

evisceration1831

keyword1848

clarificationa1866

exponence1880

exponency1880

straightening1900

demystification1964

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun]

interpretation1382

reckingc1450

explication1537

interpretament1645

outmaking1669

rede1871

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb]

sidelings?a1400

covertlyc1400

impliedlyc1449

by implicationa1575

implicatelya1575

implicatively1579

over the shoulder1596

interpretatively1602

implicitly1610

indirectly1613

insinuatively1617

enfoldedly1624

involvedly1624

tacitly1635

tacidly1640

by interpretation1692

adumbratively1753

inexplicitly1776

interpretively1867

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Pet. i. 20 Ech prophecie of scripture is not maad bi propre interpretacioun.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 141/2 In the interpretacion we may paraduenture styck, Is it not so?

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Oo1 For the reall and exacte fourme of Iudgement, wee referre our selues to that which wee haue spoken of the Interpretation of Nature .

1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 498 Neither can he Will the Means, but he must Vertually, and by Interpretation at least, Will the End.

1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. 58 It may not be amiss to add a few observations concerning the interpretation of laws.

1869 T. H. Huxley in Sci. Opinion 21 Apr. 464/2 The knowledge..requisite for the just interpretation of geological phenomena.

†b. The faculty or power of interpreting. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > faculty or power of

interpretation1526

1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xii. 10 To won is geven the vtteraunce off wisdom..To another the interpretacion off tonges.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vii. f. 19 Ye gift of y^e haly spirit, callit interpretatio sermonum, the interpretation of wordis.

c. The technique of obtaining information from a photograph, esp. an aerial photograph. Cf. interpret v. 1d.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > viewing of photographs > [noun] > interpretation of aerial photographs

photointerpretation1923

interpretation1948

1948 E. R. Carling & J. P. Ross Brit. Surg. Pract. V. 276 The interpretation of the pyelogram may be difficult.

1958 C. B. Smith Evidence in Camera i. 21 Interpretation was supposed to be a job that any Station Intelligence Officer could be trained for in a week or two.

a. An explanation given; a way of interpreting or explaining; †a comment, a commentary (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > an explanation, exposition, account

reasonc1300

interpretation1390

gloss1548

esclarishment1549

demonstration1559

resolution1582

elucidary1603

elucidation1667

éclaircissement1673

expositive1687

mise au point1929

society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun]

expositiona1464

postils1483

commenta1522

commentary?1548

enarration1570

interpretation1572

commentation1579

margent1579

commentar1641

scholiasting1678

subnotation1705

margin1824

intertext1986

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 145 Of..straunge interpretations, Problemes and demaundes eke His wisedome was to finde and seke.

c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1027 After of this dreme herd he swilk interpretacionne.

1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. F.iij^v Nether is the interpretacion of that worde resurreccion my priuat interpretacion.

1572 C. Carlile Disc. (title page) An interpretation vpon the second Epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonians, the second Chapter.

a1681 W. Lilly Several Eng. Prophecies Charles Stuart in T. Davies Lives E. Ashmole & W. Lilly (1774) 251 The ambiguity of oracles, and their ambodextrous interpretations.

1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xxv. 91 He..ridiculed allegorical Interpretations.

1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xi. 191 Perhaps I may have put a wrong interpretation on the passage.

b. Construction put upon actions, purposes, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun]

interpretation1387

intendment1390

sense1584

construction1592

reading1624

turn1688

construal1960

take1977

1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 153 Ȝe auȝt for to soften þe opiniouns of fonde men wiþ better interpretacioun.

1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 56 Wee are bounde to give our neighbours proceedings a charitable interpretation.

1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 94 Whatsoever Interpretation Tacitus has given of so prudent a Design.

1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 108. ⁋3 They give mean Interpretations and base Motives to the worthiest Actions.

1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) x. 257 Things he had done which no charitable interpretation could explain away.

c. The representation of a part in a drama, or the rendering of a musical composition, according to one's conception of the author's idea.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > interpretation

performance?1611

reading1814

rendering1840

interpretation1880

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [noun] > specific types

slurring1806

phrasing1848

attack1871

interpretation1880

account1961

overdotting1969

1880 Athenæum 25 Dec. 876/1 The part of Cassandra..is capable of more various interpretation than that of her rival.

3. The way in which a thing ought to be interpreted; proper explanation; hence, Signification, meaning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > [noun]

signifiancec1275

wita1340

understanding1340

significancea1400

interpretationc1400

sentence1402

signification?a1425

comprehensec1470

knowledging1532

meaning1600

conceit1607

significancy1618

signality1646

significativeness1652

valor1676

amount1678

significature1822

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > true

rightOE

interpretationc1400

strictness1656

c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 106 Bytokenynge or enterpreteysoun of wordes ys so as þe esprit of word, and þe endytynge ys þe body, and þe writynge ys þe clethynge of wordys and spekynge.

1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Mv^v To whome the interpretation of a nowne doth agree, to the same also the nowne it selfe agreeth.

1845 A. Polson Eng. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 822/1 Our law..claims to determine the interpretation and effect of every deed or will executed here.

1867 F. D. Maurice Patriarchs & Law-givers (1877) i. 34 Man finds his meaning and interpretation in God.

†4. The action of translating; a translation or rendering of a book, word, etc. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun]

remeninga1382

translatinga1382

translationa1382

interpretation1382

interpretingc1384

reducing?a1425

traductiona1533

conversion1586

reddition1609

renderinga1653

rendition1653

transposition1653

transfusion1700

gloss1756

reduction1826

transc1877

machine-aided translation1966

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. Prol. If the oold oonliche interpretacioun plese to hem.

1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 44 Aftyr the reulys of interpretacyon Anne is as myche to seyn as grace.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) John i. f. cxx^v Thou shalt be called Cephas: which is hy [read by] interpretacion a stone.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 279 Whatsoever Interpretations there have beene since, have been especially effected with reference unto..the Greeke and Hebrew text.

Compounds

interpretation clause n. a clause in an Act of Parliament which defines the meaning of certain terms for the purposes of the Act.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > written law > [noun] > clause > types of clause

amendment1581

sanction1651

tack1705

money clause1844

conscience clause1859

interpretation clause1897

joker1904

1897 F. Rawle Bouvier's Law Dict. (new ed.) I. 1107/2.

1971 Halsbury's Statutes Eng. (ed. 3) XXXII. 363 Interpretation sections. Most modern Acts contain an interpretation clause which states the meanings which particular expressions used in the Act in question are to bear or include.

Derivatives

inˌterpreˈtational adj. of or pertaining to interpretation.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adjective]

perihermenial1528

interpretative1569

interpretivea1653

perihermiacal1716

interpretational1867

1867 Lightfoot in Contemp. Rev. V. 407 (note) In its interpretational purpose..the work of Basilides would present a parallel to the exposition of Papias.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	interpretation
释义	interpretationn. Brit. /ɪnˌtəːprᵻˈteɪʃn/, U.S. /ᵻnˌtərprəˈteɪʃən/ Forms: Also Middle English–1500s interpretacioun, interpretacion(n)e, interpretacyon, Middle English enterpretacioun, ( enterpreteysoun). Etymology: < French interprétation (12th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter), or immediately < Latin interpretātiōn-em , noun of action from interpretārī to interpret v.; compare Anglo-Norman entrepretacion (Godefroy Compl.). The form enterpreteysoun represents an Old French semi-popular form in -aison, after raison, saison, etc.; compare Anglo-Norman interpretiso(u)n (like orison, venison).1292 Britton ii. viii. §3 Pur ceo voloms qe a nous soint les dotaunces et les deloyaunces moustrez, et qe par nous soint fetes les interpretisouns. 1. a. The action of interpreting or explaining; explanation, exposition. †by interpretation, inferentially; = interpretatively adv. Interpretation of Nature, a phrase used by Bacon to denote the discovery of natural laws by means of induction. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] keyeOE undoinga1330 expositiona1340 declarationc1374 declaringc1374 clearingc1380 expoundingc1380 explanationa1382 interpretation1382 exploitingc1390 unfolding1483 explicating1531 explication1537 clearance?1548 elucidation1570 explaining1576 manifestation1576 untwining1577 illustration1581 untwisting1591 eviscerating1599 unclouding1601 enodation1603 opening1611 dilucidation1615 unsnarling1640 declarement1646 enucleation1650 illumination1656 dilucidatinga1660 luciferousness1665 clarifying1677 unravelling1713 disentanglement1751 exegesis1770 disambiguation1827 evisceration1831 keyword1848 clarificationa1866 exponence1880 exponency1880 straightening1900 demystification1964 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] interpretation1382 reckingc1450 explication1537 interpretament1645 outmaking1669 rede1871 read1974 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > hidden or indirect meaning > [adverb] sidelings?a1400 covertlyc1400 impliedlyc1449 by implicationa1575 implicatelya1575 implicatively1579 over the shoulder1596 interpretatively1602 implicitly1610 indirectly1613 insinuatively1617 enfoldedly1624 involvedly1624 tacitly1635 tacidly1640 by interpretation1692 adumbratively1753 inexplicitly1776 interpretively1867 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) 2 Pet. i. 20 Ech prophecie of scripture is not maad bi propre interpretacioun. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 141/2 In the interpretacion we may paraduenture styck, Is it not so? 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Oo1 For the reall and exacte fourme of Iudgement, wee referre our selues to that which wee haue spoken of the Interpretation of Nature . View more context for this quotation 1692 R. South 12 Serm. I. 498 Neither can he Will the Means, but he must Vertually, and by Interpretation at least, Will the End. 1765 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. I. Introd. 58 It may not be amiss to add a few observations concerning the interpretation of laws. 1869 T. H. Huxley in Sci. Opinion 21 Apr. 464/2 The knowledge..requisite for the just interpretation of geological phenomena. †b. The faculty or power of interpreting. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > faculty or power of interpretation1526 1526 Bible (Tyndale) 1 Cor. xii. 10 To won is geven the vtteraunce off wisdom..To another the interpretacion off tonges. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. i. vii. f. 19 Ye gift of y^e haly spirit, callit interpretatio sermonum, the interpretation of wordis. c. The technique of obtaining information from a photograph, esp. an aerial photograph. Cf. interpret v. 1d. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > viewing of photographs > [noun] > interpretation of aerial photographs photointerpretation1923 interpretation1948 1948 E. R. Carling & J. P. Ross Brit. Surg. Pract. V. 276 The interpretation of the pyelogram may be difficult. 1958 C. B. Smith Evidence in Camera i. 21 Interpretation was supposed to be a job that any Station Intelligence Officer could be trained for in a week or two. 2. a. An explanation given; a way of interpreting or explaining; †a comment, a commentary (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] > an explanation, exposition, account reasonc1300 interpretation1390 gloss1548 esclarishment1549 demonstration1559 resolution1582 elucidary1603 elucidation1667 éclaircissement1673 expositive1687 mise au point1929 society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > commentary > [noun] expositiona1464 postils1483 commenta1522 commentary?1548 enarration1570 interpretation1572 commentation1579 margent1579 commentar1641 scholiasting1678 subnotation1705 margin1824 intertext1986 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 145 Of..straunge interpretations, Problemes and demaundes eke His wisedome was to finde and seke. c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 1027 After of this dreme herd he swilk interpretacionne. 1535 G. Joye Apol. Tindale sig. F.iij^v Nether is the interpretacion of that worde resurreccion my priuat interpretacion. 1572 C. Carlile Disc. (title page) An interpretation vpon the second Epistle of S Paul to the Thessalonians, the second Chapter. a1681 W. Lilly Several Eng. Prophecies Charles Stuart in T. Davies Lives E. Ashmole & W. Lilly (1774) 251 The ambiguity of oracles, and their ambodextrous interpretations. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron II. vi. xxv. 91 He..ridiculed allegorical Interpretations. 1866 G. MacDonald Ann. Quiet Neighb. (1878) xi. 191 Perhaps I may have put a wrong interpretation on the passage. b. Construction put upon actions, purposes, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > particular interpretation, construction > [noun] interpretation1387 intendment1390 sense1584 construction1592 reading1624 turn1688 construal1960 take1977 1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Rolls) VII. 153 Ȝe auȝt for to soften þe opiniouns of fonde men wiþ better interpretacioun. 1608 D. Tuvill Ess. Politicke, & Morall f. 56 Wee are bounde to give our neighbours proceedings a charitable interpretation. 1692 tr. C. de Saint-Évremond Misc. Ess. 94 Whatsoever Interpretation Tacitus has given of so prudent a Design. 1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 108. ⁋3 They give mean Interpretations and base Motives to the worthiest Actions. 1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) x. 257 Things he had done which no charitable interpretation could explain away. c. The representation of a part in a drama, or the rendering of a musical composition, according to one's conception of the author's idea. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > [noun] > a performance > interpretation performance?1611 reading1814 rendering1840 interpretation1880 society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > expression > [noun] > specific types slurring1806 phrasing1848 attack1871 interpretation1880 account1961 overdotting1969 1880 Athenæum 25 Dec. 876/1 The part of Cassandra..is capable of more various interpretation than that of her rival. 3. The way in which a thing ought to be interpreted; proper explanation; hence, Signification, meaning. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > [noun] signifiancec1275 wita1340 understanding1340 significancea1400 interpretationc1400 sentence1402 signification?a1425 comprehensec1470 knowledging1532 meaning1600 conceit1607 significancy1618 signality1646 significativeness1652 valor1676 amount1678 significature1822 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > true rightOE interpretationc1400 strictness1656 c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 106 Bytokenynge or enterpreteysoun of wordes ys so as þe esprit of word, and þe endytynge ys þe body, and þe writynge ys þe clethynge of wordys and spekynge. 1551 T. Wilson Rule of Reason sig. Mv^v To whome the interpretation of a nowne doth agree, to the same also the nowne it selfe agreeth. 1845 A. Polson Eng. Law in Encycl. Metrop. 822/1 Our law..claims to determine the interpretation and effect of every deed or will executed here. 1867 F. D. Maurice Patriarchs & Law-givers (1877) i. 34 Man finds his meaning and interpretation in God. †4. The action of translating; a translation or rendering of a book, word, etc. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > translation > [noun] remeninga1382 translatinga1382 translationa1382 interpretation1382 interpretingc1384 reducing?a1425 traductiona1533 conversion1586 reddition1609 renderinga1653 rendition1653 transposition1653 transfusion1700 gloss1756 reduction1826 transc1877 machine-aided translation1966 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. Prol. If the oold oonliche interpretacioun plese to hem. 1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 44 Aftyr the reulys of interpretacyon Anne is as myche to seyn as grace. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) John i. f. cxx^v Thou shalt be called Cephas: which is hy [read by] interpretacion a stone. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vi. i. 279 Whatsoever Interpretations there have beene since, have been especially effected with reference unto..the Greeke and Hebrew text. View more context for this quotation Compounds interpretation clause n. a clause in an Act of Parliament which defines the meaning of certain terms for the purposes of the Act. ΘΚΠ society > law > written law > [noun] > clause > types of clause amendment1581 sanction1651 tack1705 money clause1844 conscience clause1859 interpretation clause1897 joker1904 1897 F. Rawle Bouvier's Law Dict. (new ed.) I. 1107/2. 1971 Halsbury's Statutes Eng. (ed. 3) XXXII. 363 Interpretation sections. Most modern Acts contain an interpretation clause which states the meanings which particular expressions used in the Act in question are to bear or include. Derivatives inˌterpreˈtational adj. of or pertaining to interpretation. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adjective] perihermenial1528 interpretative1569 interpretivea1653 perihermiacal1716 interpretational1867 1867 Lightfoot in Contemp. Rev. V. 407 (note) In its interpretational purpose..the work of Basilides would present a parallel to the exposition of Papias. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1382
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