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1. An act of interpreting or explaining what is obscure; a translation; a version; a construction.

   Example: the interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma.

2. A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning .

   Example: Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture.

3. The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).

   Synonyms:interpreting

4. The power of explaining.