interpretive

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• interpretive — [in tʉr′prə tiv] adj. 1. that interprets; explanatory 2. designed to offer educational guidance at or to a park, museum, etc. [a park s interpretive trail has labeled trees and flowers] …   English World dictionary

• Interpretive — In*ter pre*tive, a. Interpretative. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• interpretive — I adjective annotative, clarifying, constructive, definitive, elucidative, enlightening, explanatory, explicative, illuminating, interpretational II index demonstrative (illustrative), descriptive …   Law dictionary

• interpretive — (adj.) 1670s, from INTERPRET (Cf. interpret) + IVE (Cf. ive); also see INTERPRETATIVE (Cf. interpretative) …   Etymology dictionary

• interpretive — interpretative, interpretive The preferred form for this word meaning ‘serving to interpret or explain’ is interpretative, on the analogy of authoritative, qualitative, and quantitative: • You may be wondering why I am rabbiting on about… …   Modern English usage

• interpretive — interpretively, adv. /in terr pri tiv/, adj. 1. serving to interpret; explanatory. 2. deduced by interpretation. 3. made because of interpretation: an interpretive distortion of language. 4. of or pertaining to those arts that require an… …   Universalium

• interpretive — [[t]ɪntɜ͟ː(r)prɪtɪv[/t]] ADJ: ADJ n (The form interpretative is also used.) You use interpretive to describe something that provides an interpretation. [FORMAL] History is an interpretive process …   English dictionary

• interpretive — See interpretative, interpretive …   Dictionary of problem words and expressions

• interpretive — interpret ► VERB (interpreted, interpreting) 1) explain the meaning of. 2) translate orally the words of a person speaking a different language. 3) understand as having a particular meaning or significance. 4) perform (a creative work) in a way… …   English terms dictionary

• Interpretive communities — are a theoretical concept stemming from reader response criticism and invented by Stanley Fish. They appeared in an article by Fish in 1976 entitled Interpreting the Variorum . [Stanley Fish, Is There A Text in This Class , Harvard U. Press,… …   Wikipedia

• interpretive rule — n: a rule issued by an administrative agency that only clarifies or explains existing laws or regulations – called also interpretative rule; compare legislative rule ◇ An interpretive rule does not have to meet the requirements set out in the… …   Law dictionary