read
verb OPAL S
/riːd/
/riːd/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they read | /riːd/ /riːd/ |
| he / she / it reads | /riːdz/ /riːdz/ |
| past simple read | /red/ /red/ |
| past participle read | /red/ /red/ |
| -ing form reading | /ˈriːdɪŋ/ /ˈriːdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols
- She's still learning to read.
- Some children can read and write before they go to school.
- read something I can't read your writing.
- Can you read music?
- I'm trying to read the map.
Homophones read | reedread reed/riːd//riːd/- read verb
- She can read Arabic, but she can't speak it.
- reed noun
- A saxophone is another instrument that uses a reed.
Extra Examples- He speaks and reads Arabic fluently.
- Most children can read by the age of seven.
- She had great difficulty learning to read and write.
- He learned to read when he was three.
- Some of the kids here can't even read and write.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] to go through written or printed words, etc. in silence or speaking them to other people
- I'm going to go to bed and read.
- The book is very easy to read.
- read to somebody/yourself He liked reading to his grandchildren.
- read something to read a book/magazine/newspaper
- to read an article/a report/a letter/a blog/a review
- Have you read any Steinbeck (= novels by him)?
- one of the most widely read books in the world
- I have read every single post in this entire thread.
- I didn't have time to read the novel.
- I just finished reading your recent article.
- He read the poem aloud.
- read something to somebody/yourself Go on—read it to us.
- Statements were read to the court from police officers.
- read somebody something She read us a story.
Homophones read | redread red/red//red/- read verb (past tense, past participle of read)
- Have you read his new novel yet?
- red adjective
- She's that girl over there in the red dress.
- red noun
- The red of the setting sun glowed on the horizon.
Extra Examples- I read the words out loud.
- Will you read me a story?
- What are you reading at the moment?
- She reads voraciously.
- I used to read to my younger brothers at bedtime.
- Could you read the poem aloud to us please?
- We teach students to read critically.
- She read from the letter.
- She read avidly from an early age—books, magazines, anything.
- I've just read your interesting article.
- I regularly read ‘Time’.
- I read a story to my son every night.
- I listen to my children reading aloud.
- He remembers everything he reads in books.
- He's not someone who reads for pleasure.
- He read her letter with interest.
- Make sure you read the instructions correctly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to discover or find out about somebody/something by reading
- read about/of something (in something) I read about the accident in the local paper.
- read that… I read that he had resigned.
- I read somewhere that women are starting companies at record rates.
- read something I can't remember where I read it.
- That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever read!
- read something in something Don't believe everything you read in the papers.
- read something on something I read the reviews on the internet.
Extra Examples- Hogan had read about her death in the paper.
- I had read of the case in the local newspaper.
- I read about it in today's paper.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [transitive] read somebody’s mind/thoughts to guess what somebody else is thinking
- Tell me what you want—I can't read your mind!
- [transitive] read somebody’s lips to look at the movements of somebody’s lips to learn what they are saying see also lip-read
- [transitive] to understand something in a particular way synonym interpret
- read something How do you read the present situation?
- read something as something Silence must not always be read as consent.
- [transitive] + speech to have something written on it; to be written in a particular way
- The sign read ‘No admittance’.
- I’ve changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows…
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to give a particular impression when read
- Generally, the article reads very well.
- The poem reads like (= sounds as if it is) a translation.
- [transitive] read something (of measuring instruments) to show a particular weight, pressure, etc.
- What does the thermometer read?
- [transitive] read something to get information from a measuring instrument
- A man came to read the gas meter.
- [transitive] read somebody to hear and understand somebody speaking on a radio set
- ‘Do you read me?’ ‘I'm reading you loud and clear.’
- [transitive] read A for B | read B as A to replace one word, etc. with another when correcting a text
- For ‘madam’ in line 3 read ‘madman’.
- [transitive, intransitive] (British English, rather old-fashioned) to study a subject, especially at a university
- read something I read English at Oxford.
- read for something She's reading for a law degree.
- [transitive] (of a computer or the person using it) to take information from a disk
- read something My computer can't read the CD-ROM you sent.
- read something into something to read a file into a computer
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- bring
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- cost
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- give
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- lend
- make
- offer
- owe
- pass
- pay
- play
- post
- promise
- read
- refuse
- sell
- send
- show
- sing
- take
- teach
- tell
- throw
- wish
- write
words/symbols
discover by reading
somebody’s mind/thoughts
somebody’s lips
understand
of a piece of writing
measuring instrument
hear
replace word
subject at university
computing
Word OriginOld English rǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raden and German raten ‘advise, guess’. Early senses included ‘advise’ and ‘interpret (a riddle or dream)’.
Idioms
read between the lines
- to look for or discover a meaning in something that is not openly stated
- Reading between the lines, I think Clare needs money.
read somebody like a book
- to understand easily what somebody is thinking or feeling
read my lips
- (informal) used to tell somebody to listen carefully to what you are saying
- Read my lips: no new taxes (= I promise there will be no new taxes).
read (somebody) the Riot Act
- (British English) to tell somebody with force that they must not do something
take it/something as read
- (British English) to accept something without discussing it
- Can we take it as read that you want the job?