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INTERPRETING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
Example:
often imitations are extended to provide a more accurate rendition of the child's intended meaning
Synonyms:
interpretation; interpreting; rendering; rendition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("interpreting" is a kind of...):
explanation (thought that makes something comprehensible)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interpreting"):
broad interpretation; judicial activism (an interpretation of the U.S. constitution holding that the spirit of the times and the needs of the nation can legitimately influence judicial decisions (particularly decisions of the Supreme Court))
Derivation:
interpret (give an interpretation or explanation to)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb interpret
Context examples:
Dr. George noted that physicians need to be careful when interpreting these lab tests since both rheumatoid arthritis and obesity can contribute to levels of inflammation.
(Obesity May Influence Rheumatoid Arthritis Blood Tests, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
This effect of aspirin has not been noted in previous studies; and caution is needed in interpreting this finding.
(Daily low-dose aspirin found to have no effect on healthy life span in older people, National Institutes of Health)
Whether they or their judges had any part in penning those laws, which they assumed the liberty of interpreting, and glossing upon at their pleasure?
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
OPRR is charged with interpreting and overseeing implementation of the regulations regarding the Protection of Human Subjects codified at Title 45, Part 46, of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(Office for Protection from Research Risks, NCI Thesaurus)
In contrast, the consumption of artificially sweetened (diet) beverages was not associated with a risk of cancer, but the authors warn that caution is needed in interpreting this finding owing to a relatively low consumption level in this sample.
(Possible link found between sugary drinks, cancer, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
I had observed yesterday, that he tried to entice Mr. Wickfield to drink; and, interpreting the look which Agnes had given me as she went out, had limited myself to one glass, and then proposed that we should follow her.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
The research shows that the vertebrate fossil record reported in earlier studies – which has been used as the standard in interpreting Earth's largest known mass extinction – is inaccurate and not sufficient to substantiate the long-held belief that marine species and terrestrial vertebrates perished together.
(Mass extinction of land and sea biodiversity 250 million years ago not simultaneous, National Science Foundation)
You would say you don't see it; at least I flatter myself I read as much in your eye (beware, by-the-bye, what you express with that organ; I am quick at interpreting its language).
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The Data Compilation and Analysis Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with design and programming of relational databases for clinical, population and other large-scale studies, development and supervision of a sophisticated data communication and reporting systems, software development for analyzing and interpreting data generated from clinical trials, population studies, microarray and proteomics technologies and other types of translational research.
(Data Compilation and Analysis Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
