interpretational
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7.0
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərprɪˈteɪʃənl/
:
interpretativo
- In discussions about art, various interpretational approaches can influence how the audience perceives a piece.
Examples
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Despite having a limited meaning for practical interpretational purposes, the government total expenditure to GDP is often an argument in ideological debates.
Blog text (15) -
Therefore, the possibility of interpretational error is thematized throughout the text, and consequently, none of the statements in Pygmalion's monologues can be taken at face value.
Academic text (1996) -
In most instances, the context of a statement can help us to flush out these interpretational challenges.
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For this reason, Western music can thrive and develop free of the hindrances faced by tuning and interpretational difficulties.
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However, we do not believe this small difference poses an interpretational problem, because the difference scores should have minimized the effects of the difference between sections.
Academic text (1992) -
Newsholme attempted to push as far as possible the interpretational potential of vital statistics-based epidemiology.
Academic text (2013) -
He might be reaching for the deepest interpretational layers of quantum mechanics that can be reached without denying the objective existence of the wavefunction.
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But if you start discussing that and end by saying that the wave function isn't real and appreciating this fact answers all the interpretational puzzles of quantum mechanics, you can't be surprised that the former discussion generates little response.
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The teacher provided an interpretational framework to help students understand the poem's deeper meaning.
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The documentary highlighted the interpretational challenges faced by historians when analyzing ancient texts.
Synonyms
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6.3
Helping people understand art or history
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6.7
Explaining art, writing, or data so people understand it better
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9.9
Relating to explaining a text, often religious texts like the Bible
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9.9
Describing a way of interpreting texts or symbols
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9.9
A way of thinking that describes how people find meaning in texts, art, or symbols
How Interpretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
interpretational = interpretation (transparent) = interpret + ation + al
The adjective is regularly formed from 'interpretation' with '-al', and its meaning is directly related to the noun.
Etymology
Interpretational comes from the verb interpret, which simply means 'to explain' and is the same root as interpreter; so it points to the act of explaining or understanding something.