Definition of "interpretation" []

• The act or process of interpreting. (noun)
• A result of interpreting. (noun)
• An explanation or conceptualization by a critic of a work of literature, painting, music, or other art form; an exegesis. (noun)
• A performer's distinctive personal version of a song, dance, piece of music, or role; a rendering. (noun)

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• "Similarly, again, in some sense of ˜interpretation™, the interpretation of the expression ˜some human™ in the following sentence depends on the interpretation of ˜It is possible that™, but again this is not an example of anaphora:"
• "Conclusive for the correctness of this interpretation, as represented by the Swedish government, _is the approval the Norwegian government itself gave this interpretation_ by conceding that the Foreign Minister might give direct orders to the Norwegian Consuls, which, in certain cases, implied a hierarchal relationship between the Foreign Minister and the Norwegian"
• "Hence the root of the matter is the interpretation of the stones, or not so much their full interpretation as the discovery of a _method of interpretation_, which shall be sure."