interpretive
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6.3
- adjective
- /ɪnˈtɜrprɪtɪv/
- US
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interpretativo
- The museum offered an interpretive tour, explaining the significance of each painting.
- interpretive framework
- interpretive process
- interpretive study
Human being is by its very being interpretive.
- Human being is by its very being interpretive.
- And then there's a lot more receptive and, and, you know, sort of fruitfully interpretive views on on Augustine as well.
- You know, that's kind of a bold interpretive move here that I think we have to be a little bit leery of.
- I will however answer this question involving the stack and how things resolve using interpretive dance.
Examples
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We respond to literary texts using precisely the same fundamental interpretive categories as authors and poets use to create them.
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Funds will also be used to develop basic interpretive materials for the site, including comprehensive signage.
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And honor the day through interpretive dance
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How do you feel about interpretive dance?
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There exists, however, a second set of interpretive rules that serve a different purpose.
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The sound is the sign of his work, and it raises a specifically interpretive question.
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Instead, the law may direct them to apply interpretive rules to particular texts.
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The federal courts in other states in the Eighth Circuit have adopted a similar interpretive approach.
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Yet while there was plenty of interpretive activity occurring, no clear interpretive canon for jurisdictional statutes developed.
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The other student, Hilda, is dutifully following every technical and interpretive indication provided in the notation.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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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
A way of thinking that describes how people find meaning in texts, art, or symbols
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9.9
Describing a way of interpreting texts or symbols
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7.0
About problems people have when they try to explain or understand something
About explaining or interpreting texts, especially religious books
Compounds
- Specialized
A computer tool that runs code one line at a time without compiling
An activity at a museum or park that explains exhibits and natural features to visitors
How Interpretive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Interpretive comes from interpret, which comes from an old Latin word meaning 'explain' or 'translate'. So something interpretive helps to give an explanation or to make people 'understand' the meaning of a poem, artwork, or place.