Speech. the oral interpretation of written language.
3.
the interpretation given in the performance of a dramatic part, musical composition, etc.: an interesting reading of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
4.
the extent to which a person has read; literary knowledge: a man of wide reading.
5.
matter read or for reading: a novel that makes good reading.
6.
the form or version of a given passage in a particular text: the various readings of a line in Shakespeare.
7.
an instance or occasion in which a text or other matter is read or performed, usually without elaborate preparation and often as a means of testing its merits: The playwright wants to have a reading of the play for prospective producers.
8.
an interpretation given to anything: What is your reading of the situation?
9.
the indication of a graduated instrument: The reading is 101.2°F.
–adjective
10.
pertaining to or used for reading: reading glasses.
to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.
2.
to utter aloud or render in speech (something written, printed, etc.): reading a story to his children; The actor read his lines in a booming voice.
3.
to have such knowledge of (a language) as to be able to understand things written in it: to be able to read French.
4.
to apprehend the meaning of (signs, characters, etc.) otherwise than with the eyes, as by means of the fingers: to read Braille.
5.
to apprehend or interpret the meaning of (gestures, movements, signals, or the like): to read a semaphore; to read sign language.
6.
to make out the significance of by scrutiny or observation: to read the cloudy sky as the threat of a storm; a fisherman skilled in reading a stream for potential pools.
7.
to anticipate, expect, or calculate by observation: At the line of scrimmage, the quarterback read a blitz and called an audible.
8.
to foresee, foretell, or predict: to read a person's fortune in tea leaves.
9.
to make out the character, motivations, desires, etc., of (a person or persons), as by the interpretation of outward signs.
10.
to interpret or attribute a meaning to (a written text), a musical composition, etc.): How do you read this clause in the contract?
11.
to infer (something not expressed or directly indicated) from what is read, considered, or observed: He read an underlying sarcasm into her letter. In your silence I read agreement to my plan.
12.
to adopt or give as a reading in a particular passage: For “one thousand” another version reads “ten thousand.”
13.
to substitute or replace (a particular word or phrase) in a written text, usually to correct an error: Read “cavalry” for “calvary.”
14.
to check (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) for errors; proofread.
15.
to register or indicate, as a thermometer, clock, etc.
16.
Computers. to obtain (data, programs, or control information) from an external storage medium or some other source and place in memory.
17.
British. to study (a subject), as at a university: to read law.
18.
to read the work of (an author): She is reading Kafka.
19.
to learn by or as if by reading: to read a person's thoughts.
20.
to hear and understand (a transmitted radio message or the person transmitting it); receive: I read you loud and clear.
21.
to bring, put, etc., by reading: to read oneself to sleep.
22.
to give one (a lecture or lesson) by way of admonition or rebuke.
23.
to discover or explain the meaning of (a riddle, dream, etc.).
–verb (used without object)
24.
to read or peruse written or printed matter.
25.
to utter aloud or render in speech written or printed words that one is perusing: to read to a person.
26.
to give a public reading or recital.
27.
to inspect and apprehend the meaning of written or other signs or characters.
28.
to occupy oneself seriously with reading or study.
29.
to obtain knowledge or learn of something by reading.
30.
to admit of being read, esp. properly or well.
31.
to have a certain wording.
32.
to admit of being interpreted: a rule that reads in two different ways.
33.
to register or indicate particular information, as the status or condition of something: Her blood pressure is reading a little low today.
34.
to have an effect or make an impression; show forth: Those battle photographs read with great impact.
35.
Computers. to read data, programs, or control information.
–noun
36.
an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before you sign it.
37.
something that is read: Her new novel is a wonderful read.
—Verb phrases
38.
read in, Computers. to place (data, programs, or control information) in memory.
39.
read out,
a.
to read aloud, as for someone's attention.
b.
Computers. to retrieve (information) from a computer.
40.
read out of, to oust from membership in (a political party or other group) by a public announcement of dismissal: He was read out of the association because of alleged subversive activities.
41.
read up on, to learn about by reading; gather information on; research by reading: You'd better read up on World War I before taking the history test.
To examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed characters, words, or sentences).
To utter or render aloud (written or printed material): read poems to the students.
To have the ability to examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed material in a given language or notation): reads Chinese; reads music.
To examine and grasp the meaning of (language in a form other than written or printed characters, words, or sentences): reading Braille; reading sign language.
To examine and grasp the meaning of (a graphic representation): reading a map.
To discern and interpret the nature or significance of through close examination or sensitive observation: The tracker read the trail for signs of game.
To discern or anticipate through examination or observation; descry: "I can read abandonment in a broken door or shattered window"(William H. Gass).
To attribute a certain interpretation or meaning to: read her words differently than I did.
To consider (something written or printed) as having a particular meaning or significance: read the novel as a parable.
To discern and interpret the nature or significance of through close examination or sensitive observation: The tracker read the trail for signs of game.
To discern or anticipate through examination or observation; descry: "I can read abandonment in a broken door or shattered window"(William H. Gass).
To attribute a certain interpretation or meaning to: read her words differently than I did.
To consider (something written or printed) as having a particular meaning or significance: read the novel as a parable.
To determine the intent or mood of: can read your mind like a book; a hard person to read.
To attribute a certain interpretation or meaning to: read her words differently than I did.
To consider (something written or printed) as having a particular meaning or significance: read the novel as a parable.
To foretell or predict (the future).
To receive or comprehend (a radio message, for example): I read you loud and clear.
To study or make a study of: read history as an undergraduate.
To learn or get knowledge of from something written or printed: read that interest rates would continue to rise.
To proofread.
To have or use as a preferred reading in a particular passage: For change read charge.
To indicate, register, or show: The dial reads 32°.
Computer Science To obtain (data) from a storage medium, such as a magnetic disk.
Genetics To decode or translate a sequence of messenger RNA into an amino acid sequence in a polypeptide chain.
v.
intr.
To examine and grasp the meaning of printed or written characters, as of words or music.
To speak aloud the words that one is reading: read to the children every night.
To learn by reading: read about the storm in the paper today.
To study.
To have a particular wording: Recite the poem exactly as it reads.
To contain a specific meaning: As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.
To indicate, register, or show a measurement or figure: How does your new watch read?
To have a specified character or quality for the reader: Your poems read well.
n.
Informal
Something that is read: "The book is a page-turner as well as a very satisfying read"(Frank Conroy).
adj.
(rěd)
Informed by reading; learned: only sparsely read in fields outside my profession.
Phrasal Verb(s): read out
To read aloud: Please read out the names on the list. read up
To study or learn by reading: Read up on the places you plan to visit before you travel.
Idiom(s):
read a lecture/lesson
To issue a reprimand: My parents read me a lecture because I had neglected my chores.
Idiom(s):
read between the lines
To perceive or detect an obscure or unexpressed meaning: learned to read between the lines of corporate annual reports to discern areas of fiscal weakness.
Idiom(s):
read out of
To expel by proclamation from a social, political, or other group: was read out of the secretariat after the embarrassing incident.
[Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan, to advise; see ar- in Indo-European roots.]
Word History: English is the one of the few western European languages that does not derive its verb for "to read" from Latin legere. Compare, for example, leggere in Italian, lire in French, and lesen in German. (Equally surprising is the fact that English is the only western European language not to derive its verb for "to write" from Latin scrībere.) Read comes from the Old English verb rǣdan, "to advise, interpret (something difficult), interpret (something written), read." Rǣdan is related to the German verb raten, "to advise" (as in Rathaus, "townhall"). The Old English noun rǣd, "counsel," survives in the rare noun rede, "counsel, advice" and in the name of the unfortunate King Ethelred the Unready, whose epithet is often misunderstood. Unready here does not have its current sense "unprepared"; it is a late 16th-century spelling of an earlier unredy, "ill advised, rash, foolish," from rede.
A borough of south-central England west of London. Occupied by the Danes in 871, it was chartered in 1253. Population: 232,000.
A city of southeast Pennsylvania on the Schuykill River northwest of Philadelphia. Settled in 1748, it is an important commercial, industrial, and transportation center. Population: 80,900.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
2.
a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
3.
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
4.
written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"
5.
a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something [syn: interpretation]
6.
a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
7.
a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation]
8.
the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"
Reading, PA (city, FIPS 63624) Location: 40.33900 N, 75.92642 W Population (1990): 78380 (34276 housing units) Area: 25.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19601, 19602, 19604, 19605, 19611
Reading, MN Zip code(s): 56165
Reading, VT Zip code(s): 05062
Reading, KS (city, FIPS 58600) Location: 38.51909 N, 95.95750 W Population (1990): 264 (115 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66868
Reading, MA (CDP, FIPS 56165) Location: 42.53577 N, 71.10700 W Population (1990): 22539 (8104 housing units) Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01867
Reading, MI (city, FIPS 67500) Location: 41.83920 N, 84.74733 W Population (1990): 1127 (436 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49274
Reading, OH (city, FIPS 65732) Location: 39.22439 N, 84.43141 W Population (1990): 12038 (5117 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
North Reading, MA Zip code(s): 01864
Port Reading, NJ (CDP, FIPS 60540) Location: 40.56460 N, 74.24700 W Population (1990): 3977 (1358 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 1.5 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 07064
West Reading, PA (borough, FIPS 83928) Location: 40.33345 N, 75.94690 W Population (1990): 4142 (1778 housing units) Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Read\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read; p. pr. & vb. n. Reading.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advice, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advise, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[=a][eth]a, Goth. r[=e]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[=a]dh to succeed. [root]116. Cf. Riddle.]1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale. 2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. 3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] But read how art thou named, and of what kin. --Spenser. 4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. --Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. 5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. 6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. --Spenser. Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. 7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. To read one's self in, to read about the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.
![[P]](http://cache.lexico.com/g/d/premium_mh.gif){kind=small}
Audio Help [ree-ding] Pronunciation Key 
