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The correct spelling is interpretation.
How to pronounce interpretation
/ɪntəpɹəˈteɪʃən/
nounIPA: /ɪntəpɹəˈteɪʃən/
Say it like: Int-erp-ret-ash-on
The correct spelling is interpretation. An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction. For example: "the interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma."
Usage Examples
“the interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma.”
“Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.”
Definition
noun
- 1.An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.
- 2.A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning .
- 3.The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
- 4.The power of explaining.
- 5.An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature.
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