readings

[ree-ding]

read·ing

[ree-ding]
noun
1.
the action or practice of a person who reads.
2.
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.
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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.
COLLAPSE
adjective
10.
pertaining to or used for reading: reading glasses.
11.
given to reading: the reading public.

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Readings is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English redyng (gerund), Old English rǣdinge. See read, -ing1, -ing2

non·read·ing, noun
self-read·ing, adjective
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Read·ing

[red-ing]
noun
1.
Rufus Daniel Isaacs, 1st Marquis of, 1860–1935, Lord Chief justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
2.
a city in Berkshire, in S England. 132,900.
3.
a city in SE Pennsylvania. 78,686.
4.
a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston. 22,678.
5.
a city in SW Ohio. 12,879.
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