conventional interpretation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconventionalandinterpretation
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conventional
adjective
uk/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/us/kənˈven.ʃən.əl/
traditional ...
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interpretation
noun[C or U]
uk/ɪnˌtɜː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/us/ɪnˌtɝː.prəˈteɪ.ʃən/
an explanation or opinion of what ...
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(Definition ofconventionalandinterpretationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Especially salient here is the study of aphasic speech, in whichconventionalinterpretationof meaning or intent is less accessible.
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Aconventionalinterpretationwould be to regard this process as a turf battle pure and simple.
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Applying theconventionalinterpretationto the time trade-off response illustrated in the second graph gives an underestimate of about 0.63.
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It is suggested that these normally hidden structuring principles cause difficulties for theconventionalinterpretationof animal remains on other iron age sites.
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This view has become aconventionalinterpretationof the disparity in the mobility of men and women within states or across borders.
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Such thoughts are reinforced by a musical analysis that casts even more doubt on theconventionalinterpretation.
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Notwithstanding theconventionalinterpretation, the eigenmode probably does not represent an instability.
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The application of global convergence methods has led to the discovery of an anomalous spatially growing eigenmode which, according toconventionalinterpretation, would represent an instability.
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We believe in what is known as the moreconventionalinterpretationof the treaty, which includes most, although not all, of the testing.
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Theconventionalinterpretationof the word but will always create the implicature of a sense of contrast.
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Both of these are stated to predict the same probabilities for collapses to various states as theconventionalinterpretationby their supporters.
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It was a synonym ofconventionalinterpretationin its earliest use, but came to mean a process of getting to its most fundamental understandings.
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Theconventionalinterpretationis to use momentum as a trend-following indicator.
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Vallance however has gone for the moreconventionalinterpretationof the title being a reference to a year.
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This is a thought-producing piece and a refreshing foil to conventional interpretations.
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In doing so, it further challenges conventional interpretations about the rise of class-based politics.
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Conventional interpretations of the symbolism of grave goods revolved around religion (equipment for the hereafter), legal concepts (inalienable possessions) and social structure (status display, ostentatious destruction of wealth).
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