interpretation

Definition

Examples

The two managers had different interpretations of the new policy.

Word Family

Synonyms

• explanationa statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc
• translationa written communication in a second language having the same meaning as the written communication in a first language
• analysisan investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

Collocations

• Easy personal interpretation
  describing personal interpretation (a short newspaper article about a particular person or group)
• Medium provide simultaneous interpretation
  to supply or make available regarding simultaneous interpretation
• Hard judicial interpretation of statutes
  describing judicial interpretation of statutes (decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice)
• Very Hard literal interpretation conflicting with spirit
  describing literal interpretation conflicting with spirit (a mistake in printed matter resulting from mechanical failures of some kind)