charitable interpretation
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcharitableandinterpretation
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charitable
adjective
uk/ˈtʃær.ə.tə.bəl/us/ˈtʃer.ə.t̬ə.bəl/
giving money, food, or help free to those who are in need because they are ill, poor, or have ...
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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 ofcharitableandinterpretationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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This objection may be takingcharitableinterpretationtoo far.
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Since the semi-egalitarian conditional is rejected, the morecharitableinterpretationmentioned above also fails.
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That is perhaps the mostcharitableinterpretationthat any of us can possibly put on it.
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It is impossible to put a morecharitableinterpretationon what has occurred to-night.
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A morecharitableinterpretationis that the banks predicted nothing but problems, and why should their views have changed?
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I wonder whether in some ways that is not a rathercharitableinterpretationof what is happening.
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The mostcharitableinterpretationregards it as a blunder.
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To put the mostcharitableinterpretationone can on the matter, one must conclude that the present position has arisen simply because of incompetence.
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That is acharitableinterpretationof what it is doing.
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Even on the mostcharitableinterpretation, the list crumbles into dust when it is exposed even to cursory examination.
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I prefer thatcharitableinterpretation.
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The mostcharitableinterpretationis that she has been kept so humiliatingly short of money that this is the maximum teaching force she is allowed to provide.
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As a small gesture, a morecharitableinterpretationof section 8 aid might allow certain industries in the west midlands — automotive components, for example — to obtain such aid virtually automatically.
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That is mycharitableinterpretation.
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It is the mostcharitableinterpretation.
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The mostcharitableinterpretationis the latter.
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That is thecharitableinterpretation.
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As a recipient of criticism, one can benefit by focusing on the constructive elements of the criticism and by attributing charitable interpretations to those who use strong language.
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