noun

• (countable) An act of interpreting or explaining something unclear; a translation; a version.
  "The interpretation of a dream, or of an enigma"
• (countable) A sense given by an interpreter; an exposition or explanation given; meaning.
  "Commentators give various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture."
• (uncountable, linguistics, translation studies) The discipline or study of translating one spoken or signed language into another (as opposed to translation, which concerns itself with written language).
  "I believe that interpretation, particularly consecutive interpretation, is an art. I also believe, however, that the skill of consecutive interpretation can be taught, but only up to a point."
• (uncountable) The power of explaining.