Philosophy
- Interpretation (philosophy), the assignment of meanings to various concepts, symbols, or objects under consideration.
- Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of some work of art.
- Interpretation (logic), an assignment of meaning to the symbols of a formal language
- De Interpretatione, a work by Aristotle
- Hermeneutics, the study of interpretation theory
- Exegesis, a critical explanation or interpretation of a text
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