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LITERAL INTERPRETATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does literal interpretation mean? 

LITERAL INTERPRETATION (noun)
  The noun LITERAL INTERPRETATION has 1 sense:

1. an interpretation based on the exact wordingplay

  Familiarity information: LITERAL INTERPRETATION used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LITERAL INTERPRETATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An interpretation based on the exact wording

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("literal interpretation" is a kind of...):

interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "literal interpretation"):

letter (a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention))


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