{
    "term": "interpretation",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the particular way in which something is understood or explained",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her evidence suggests a different interpretation of the events."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is not possible for everyone to put their own interpretation on the law."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Dreams are **open to interpretation** *(= they can be explained in different ways)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In any system of law, there is an inevitable element of judicial interpretation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In practice, this law is often given a wide interpretation by the police."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is possible to put an entirely different interpretation on her behaviour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Most modern historians support this interpretation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Scientists made an interpretation based on the data available."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She challenges many orthodox interpretations of religious texts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The film lends itself to a fairly straightforward interpretation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The meaning of the incident is open to subjective interpretation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wording of this section of the contract is open to interpretation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "feminist historical interpretations of marriage customs"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["correct", "right", "true"],
                "verb + interpretation": ["give something", "make", "offer"],
                "phrases": ["put an interpretation on something"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the particular way in which somebody chooses to perform a piece of music, a role in a play, etc.",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a modern interpretation of ‘King Lear’"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Music", "Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["correct", "right", "true"],
                "verb + interpretation": ["give something", "make", "offer"],
                "phrases": ["put an interpretation on something"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˌtɜːprəˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/interpretation/interpretation__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˌtɜːrprəˈteɪʃn/",
                "audio": "in/interpretation/interpretation__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French interpretation or Latin interpretatio(n-), from the verb interpretari ‘explain, translate’, from interpres, interpret- ‘agent, translator, interpreter’."
}