interpretative

[ in-tur-pri-tey-tiv ]

adjective

1. interpretive.

interpretative

/ ɪnˈtɜːprɪtətɪv; ɪnˈtɜːprɪtɪv /

adjective

1. of, involving, or providing interpretation; expository

Derived Forms

• inˈterpretatively, adverb

Other Words From

• in·terpre·tative·ly adverb
• nonin·terpre·tative adjective
• nonin·terpre·tative·ly adverb
• prein·terpre·tative adjective
• unin·terpre·tative adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of interpretative¹

1560–70; < Latin interpretāt ( us ) past participle of interpretārī to interpret + -ive

Example Sentences

But most of her interpretative choices are sound, even on a song with challenging psychological depths such as “Lush Life.”

From The Daily Beast

But when it comes to interpretative choices, Stuart occasionally makes questionable ones.

From The Daily Beast

When a man starts warbling through Garth Brooks “Shameless,” Pixie does an interpretative dance on the stage.

From The Daily Beast

As interpretative of thought, pauses should correspond mainly with the graphical marks of punctuation.

From Project Gutenberg

Again interpretative ordinances were called in to abrogate a portion of the law itself.

From Project Gutenberg

The author has intended to offer no more than a brief handlist of currently useful works with some interpretative comments.

From Project Gutenberg

This explanatory or interpretative stage or aspect of myth may be first historically, or it may not be.

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The older children should be taught and exercised in literary reading, the simple interpretative reading of their literature.

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