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=== Pronunciation ===
* {{US}} {{IPA|/ɪntɚprəˈteɪʃən/}}
* {{UK}} {{IPA|/ɪntəprəˈteɪʃən/}}
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* {{hyph|in|ter|pre|ta|tion}}

== Noun ==
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[[File:Mindmap- interpretation.jpg|thumb|Mindmap interpretation]]
# {{cu noun}} An '''interpretation''' is an attempt to [[understand]] something.
#: ''Weather forecasters use a lot of data, but the '''interpretation''' of the data is very difficult.''
#: ''In our '''interpretation''' the output data in Table 2 is an acceptable variation of that in Table 1.''
# {{countable}} An '''interpretation''' is one meaning that something might have, or one way that one person understands something.
#: ''I don't think your '''interpretation''' is what the writer meant.''
#: ''One '''interpretation''' of the poem "Cross" by Langston Hughes is that "Cross" symbolize the speaker's mixed race.''
#: ''The hospital offers '''interpretation''' services between English and French, Spanish, and Punjabi.''
# An '''interpretation''' expresses an individual’s opinion about artistic work.
#: ''One '''interpretation''' of "Alive" is that people will do anything to survive.''

=== Synonyms ===
* [[understanding]]
* [[translation]]
* [[rendition]]
* [[clarification]]
* [[analysis]]

=== Related words ===
* [[interpret]]
* [[interpretor]]
* [[interpretive]]
* [[misinterpret]]
* [[reinterpret]]
* [[noninterpretational]]