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• n  a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
• n  the act of interpreting something as expressed in an artistic performance
• n  an explanation that results from interpreting something
  the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence
• n  an explanation of something that is not immediately obvious
  the edict was subject to many interpretations

• Any contrary interpretation is "an utter distortion of American history and law.
• However, such a contentious reading of the 87-line tablet depends on creative interpretation of a smudged passage, making it the latest entry in the wouldacouldashoulda category .
• Any contrary interpretation is "an utter distortion of American history and law.

• reading
• version
• rendition
• rendering
• interpreting

News & Articles

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• Yasiel Puig Sits Down With CBS2/KCAL9 Sports Central’s Gary Miller After Phenomenal Debut
  Puig sat down with Sports Central's Gary Miller on Monday, and, through teammate Luis Cruz' interpretation, answered questions about his phenomenal debut.
  June 12, 2013 - CBS 2 Los Angeles
• Senators call for end to Justice Department's 'secret law'
  Obama administration's secret interpretation of the Patriot Act allows it to vacuum up records on all Americans' phone calls. But an earlier effort to fix the law in December failed. Originally posted at News - Politics and Law
  June 11, 2013 - CNET
• Readers Write: Gun-rights advocates have it wrong; Obama's 'red line' blurred on chemical weapons in Syria
  Letters to the Editor for the June 10, 2013 weekly print magazine: The interpretation of the Second Amendment by gun-rights advocates as disallowing any regulation of guns fails to understand human rights. By supporting gun ownership as an unrestricted right, they allow gun violence and public mayhem to exist. Lost in the heartfelt hand-wringing and deliberation over the conflict in Syria is the ...
  June 10, 2013 - The Christian Science Monitor

Quotes

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• Bill Belichick in Canada.com
  Earlier this week I spoke with commissioner Goodell about a videotaping procedure during last Sunday's game and my interpretation of the rules,Belichick said in a statement posted on the team's Web site. "At this point, we have not been...
• Elena Kagan in The Associated Press
  I don't particularly think that the term is apt,Kagan told Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, adding that she especially didn't like what people associated it with — "a kind of loosey-goosey style of interpretation in which anything goes."
• Ehud Barak in Guardian Unlimited
  However, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, speaking to The Associated Press on the sidelines of the Davos Economic Forum in Switzerland, said he didn't want to "go too far in my interpretation of this."