A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something.

synonyms: reading, version.

Roget 522: interpretation, definition; explanation, explication; solution, answer; rationale; plain interpretation, simple interpretation, strict interpretation; meaning etc. 516.    translation; rendering, rendition; redition^†; literal translation, free translation; key; secret; clew etc. (indication) 550; clavis^†, crib, pony, trot [U.S.].    exegesis; expounding, exposition; hermeneutics; comment, commentary; inference etc. (deduction) 480; illustration, exemplification; gloss, annotation, scholium^†, note; elucidation, dilucidation^†; eclaircissement [Fr.], mot d'enigme [Fr.].    [methods of interpreting - list] symptomatology [Med.], semiology, semeiology^†, semiotics; metoposcopy^†, physiognomy; paleography etc. (philology) 560; oneirology acception^†, acceptation, acceptance; light, reading, lection, construction, version.    equivalent, equivalent meaning etc. 516; synonym; paraphrase, metaphrase^†; convertible terms, apposition; dictionary etc. 562; polyglot.    ... show more

Roget 465b: identification, recognition, diagnosis, match; apperception, assimilation; dereplication; classification; memory etc. 505; interpretation etc. 522; cognizance (knowledge) 490.    ... show more

Dutch: interpretatie

The act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance.

synonyms: rendering, rendition.

Dutch: interpretatie
Polish: interpretacja

An explanation that results from interpreting something.

Dutch: interpretatie, voorstelling
Polish: interpretacja

An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious:
— The edict was subject to many interpretations.

synonyms: interpreting, rendering, rendition.

Dutch: uitleg, interpretatie
Polish: interpretowanie, komentowanie