לדלג לתוכן הראשי

noun

interpretation

CEFR B2

a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

In a sentence

Six example sentences with interpretation, each labelled with its topic.

  • The cardiologist's interpretation of the faint murmur differed from the reading two junior doctors had recorded that morning.

    Medicine

  • Two senators offered a very different interpretation of the same budget clause, and each cited the drafting notes.

    Politics

  • My coach's interpretation of the training log was that fatigue, not weak legs, explained the slower sprint times.

    Fitness

  • Her interpretation of the poem's last line as a joke rather than a lament changed how the whole class read it.

    Literature

  • Every interpretation of Plato's cave says something about the reader, and the allegory has been read as politics, psychology, and theology.

    Philosophy

  • The patient's interpretation of a neutral glance as hostility was the pattern the therapist wanted to examine first.

    Psychology

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