reader
Use Reader in a sentence
dər noun
1.
a person who reads.
2.
a schoolbook for instruction and practice in reading: a second-grade reader.
3.
a book of collected or assorted writings, especially when related in theme, authorship, or instructive purpose; anthology: a Hemingway reader; a sci-fi reader.
4.
a person employed to read and evaluate manuscripts offered for publication.
5.
a proofreader.
6.
a person who reads or recites before an audience; elocutionist.
7.
a person authorized to read the lessons, Bible, etc., in a church service.
8.
a lecturer or instructor, especially in some British universities: to be appointed reader in English history.
9.
an assistant to a professor, who grades examinations, papers, etc.
10.
Computers. a device that reads data, programs, or control information from an external storage medium for transmission to main storage. Compare card reader, optical character reader.
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12.
a playing card marked on its back so that the suit or denomination of the card can be identified.
13.
Library Science. the user of a library; library patron.
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optical scanning
noun
the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
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| —n | |
| 1. | a person who reads |
| 2. | a person who is fond of reading |
| 3. | a. chiefly (Brit) at a university, a member of staff having a position between that of a senior lecturer and a professor |
| b. (US) a teaching assistant in a faculty who grades papers, examinations, etc, on behalf of a professor | |
| 4. | a. a book that is part of a planned series for those learning to read |
| b. a standard textbook, esp for foreign-language learning | |
| 5. | a person who reads aloud in public |
| 6. | a person who reads and assesses the merit of manuscripts submitted to a publisher |
| 7. | a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors by comparison with the original copy; proofreader |
| 8. | short for lay reader |
| 9. | chiefly (Brit) Judaism another word for cantor |
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Example sentences
From the time the reader makes a selection, the entire transaction can be completed within minutes.
Craig, who is blind, was able to read by positioning the reader over print and taking a picture.
They should include enough details so that a reader can tell what type of wetland the story describes.
Versions three and onward are summarized below, from reader mail.
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