read1 /rēd/ transitive verb (pat and pap read /red/)- To look at and comprehend the meaning of written or printed words in
- To understand as by interpretation of signs
- To collect the meaning of
- To go over progressively with silent understanding of symbols or with utterance aloud of words or performance of notes
- To accept or offer as that which the writer intended
- To learn from written or printed matter
- To find recorded
- To observe the indication of
- To solve
- To register, indicate
- To teach, lecture on
- To study
- To impute by inference (as to read a meaning into)
- To retrieve (data) from a storage device (computing)
- To advise (archaic; see rede)
- To make out
- To interpret
- To expound
- To make known (Spenser)
- To declare
- To name (Spenser)
intransitive verb- To perform the act of reading
- To practise much reading
- To study
- To find mention
- To give the reader an impression
- To endure the test of reading
- To deliver lectures
- To have a certain wording
noun- A spell of reading
- Reading-matter
- An opportunity of reading (Scot)
- Counsel, a saying, an interpretation (Spenser)
adjective /red/ - Versed in books
- Learned
ORIGIN: OE rǣdan to discern, read, from rǣd counsel readabilˈity /rēd-/ noun readˈable adjective - Legible
- Easy to read
- Interesting without being of highest quality
readˈableness noun readˈably adverb readˈer noun - Someone who reads or reads much
- A person who reads prayers or passages of scripture, etc at a church service
- A lecturer, esp a higher grade of university lecturer
- A proof-corrector
- A person who reads and reports on manuscripts for a publisher
- A reading-book
- A pocketbook (criminal sl)
- A device that projects a large image of a piece of microfilm onto a screen, for reading
- A document reader (computing)
readˈership noun - The post of reader in a university
- The total number of readers (of a newspaper, etc)
readˈing adjective Addicted to reading noun- The action of the verb read
- Perusal
- Study of books
- Public or formal recital, esp of a bill before Parliament (see first, second and third reading below)
- The actual word or words that may be read in a passage of a text
- The indication that can be read off from an instrument
- Matter for reading
- Lettering
- An interpretation
- A performer's conception of the meaning, rendering
- Knowledge gained from having read books
reader advertisement noun An advertising feature in a magazine which follows the style of the editorial part of the magazine, often with accompanying photographs or drawings readers' inquiry card or readers' service card noun A business reply card bound into a magazine with numbers corresponding to advertised products readˈ-in noun Input of data to a computer or storage device reading age noun Reading ability calculated as equivalent to the average ability at a certain age readˈing-book noun A book of exercises in reading readˈing-boy noun (printing; obsolete) A reader's assistant readˈing-desk noun - A desk for holding a book or paper while it is read
- A lectern
reading group same as book group (see under book). readˈing-lamp noun A lamp for reading by readˈing-machine noun - A reader for microfilm
- A document reader (computing)
reading matter noun Printed material, eg books, magazines readˈing-room noun - A room for consultation, study or investigation of books in a library
- A room with papers, periodicals, etc resorted to for reading
- A proofreaders' room
readˈmē file noun (computing) A text file supplied with computer software that contains information about the software, such as advice on installation and bugs readˈ-only adjective (computing) Of a storage device or file, capable of being read but not altered readˈ-out noun - The output unit of a computer
- The retrieval of data from a computer
- Data from a computer, printed or registered on magnetic tape or punched paper tape, or displayed on a screen
- Data from a radio transmitter
read-write head noun (computing) In a disk drive, a head that can both retrieve and record data read-write memory noun (computing) One that allows retrieval and input of data first, second and third reading The three successive formal readings of a bill before parliament, when (in Britain) it is introduced, discussed in general, and reported on by a committee read between the lines To detect a meaning not expressed but implied read in To transfer data from a storage device into the main memory of a computer read into To find in a person's writing, words, behaviour, etc (meanings which are not overtly stated and may not have been intended) read off To take as a reading from an instrument read (oneself) in In the Church of England, to enter into possession of a benefice by reading the Thirty-nine Articles read out - To read aloud
- To retrieve data from a computer, etc
- To expel from a political party or a society (chiefly N American)
read someone's mind To guess accurately what someone is thinking read up To amass knowledge of by reading take as read /red/ - To presume
- To understand to be, and accept as, true
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