Word Meanings - INTERPRETATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database
An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. (more info) 1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream,
Additional info about word: INTERPRETATION
An artist's way of expressing his thought or embodying his conception of nature. (more info) 1. The act of interpreting; explanation of what is obscure; translation; version; construction; as, the interpretation of a foreign language, of a dream, or of an enigma. Look how we can, or sad or merrily, Interpretation will misquote our looks. Shak. 2. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition or explanation given; meaning; as, commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture. 3. The power or explaining. Bacon.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of INTERPRETATION)
- Complexion
- Face
- aspect
- color
- look
- feature
- appearance
- character
- hue
- interpretation
- indication
- Construction
- Composition
- fabrication
- explanation
- rendering
- erection
- fabric
- edifice
- reading
- understanding
- view
- Explanation
- Exposition
- explication
- sense
- description
- Understanding
- Knowledge
- discernment
- construction
- agreement
- intellect
- intelligence
- mind
- conception
- reason
- brains
Related words: (words related to INTERPRETATION)
- COLORMAN
A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds. - CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay. - SENSE
A faculty, possessed by animals, of perceiving external objects by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory or sense organs) of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body; as, the senses of sight, smell, hearing, - CHARACTER
1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder. 2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; - REASONING
1. The act or process of adducing a reason or reasons; manner of presenting one's reasons. 2. That which is offered in argument; proofs or reasons when arranged and developed; course of argument. His reasoning was sufficiently profound. Macaulay. - READILY
1. In a ready manner; quickly; promptly. Chaucer. 2. Without delay or objection; without reluctance; willingly; cheerfully. How readily we wish time spent revoked! Cowper. - REASONLESS
1. Destitute of reason; as, a reasonless man or mind. Shak. 2. Void of reason; not warranted or supported by reason; unreasonable. This proffer is absurd and reasonless. Shak. - UNDERSTANDINGLY
In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved. - INTELLECTUALIST
1. One who overrates the importance of the understanding. Bacon. 2. One who accepts the doctrine of intellectualism. - REASONABLY
1. In a reasonable manner. 2. Moderately; tolerably. "Reasonably perfect in the language." Holder. - INTELLECT
The part or faculty of the human soul by which it knows, as distinguished from the power to feel and to will; sometimes, the capacity for higher forms of knowledge, as distinguished from the power to perceive objects in their relations; the power - CHARACTERISM
A distinction of character; a characteristic. Bp. Hall. - EXPOSITION
1. The act of exposing or laying open; a setting out or displaying to public view. 2. The act of expounding or of laying open the sense or meaning of an author, or a passage; explanation; interpretation; the sense put upon a passage; a law, or - COLORATE
Colored. Ray. - COLORIMETRY
The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. 2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. - FEATURELESS
Having no distinct or distinctive features. - CONCEPTIONAL
Pertaining to conception. - COMPLEXIONALLY
Constitutionally. Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke. - FEATURE
fashion, make, fr. L. factura a making, formation, fr. facere, 1. The make, form, or outward appearance of a person; the whole turn or style of the body; esp., good appearance. What needeth it his feature to descrive Chaucer. Cheated of feature - EXPLANATION
1. The act of explaining, expounding, or interpreting; the act of clearing from obscurity and making intelligible; as, the explanation of a passage in Scripture, or of a contract or treaty. 2. That which explains or makes clear; as, a satisfactory - SUPERCONCEPTION
Superfetation. Sir T. Browne. - PREKNOWLEDGE
Prior knowledge. - SPREADINGLY
, adv. Increasingly. The best times were spreadingly infected. Milton. - INSENSE
To make to understand; to instruct. Halliwell. - CONCOLOR
Of the same color; of uniform color. "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne. - COINDICATION
One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease. - STAR-READ
Doctrine or knowledge of the stars; star lore; astrology; astronomy. Which in star-read were wont have best insight. Spenser. - BREADEN
Made of bread. - INFABRICATED
Not fabricated; unwrought; not artificial; natural. - DREADNOUGHT
1. A British battleship, completed in 1906 -- 1907, having an armament consisting of ten 12-inch guns, and of twenty-four 12-pound quick-fire guns for protection against torpedo boats. This was the first battleship of the type characterized by - OVERREADY
Too ready. -- O"ver*read"*i*ly, adv. -- O"ver*read"i*ness, n. - BREADBASKET
The stomach. S. Foote. - ISABELLA; ISABELLA COLOR
A brownish yellow color. (more info) Spanish princess Isabella, daughter of king Philip II., in allusion to the color assumed by her shift, which she wore without change from - BREAD
To spread. Ray.