readerread‧er /ˈriːdə $ -ər/ ●●● S3 W2 noun [countable] 
The book will appeal to young readers. I’ve always been an avid reader (=someone who reads a lot).reader of He’s a great reader of crime fiction.a fast/slow reader2of a newspaper/magazine someone who reads a particular newspaper or magazine regularly: The newspaper gradually lost readers during the 1980s.3book an easy book for children who are learning to read or for people who are learning a foreign language4teacher Reader an important teacher in a British universityreader in a Reader in Sociology at Bristol University5equipment technical a piece of electronic equipment that can read information that is stored or recorded somewhere, for example on a card → mind reader, newsreaderCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa slow/fast reader· Her son was quite a slow reader.a good reader· He's not a good reader but he wants to try a new story.a poor reader (=someone who is not good at reading)· All these students had been judged to be poor readers.a great reader (=someone who reads a lot of books)· My father was a great reader.an avid/voracious reader (=someone who eagerly reads a lot of books)· She was an avid reader of historical novels.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- All Ms Atwood's readers will be delighted with her latest book.
- At this point in the novel, the reader still does not know the hero's true identity.
- Her books appeal especially to women readers.
- The average reader of science-fiction is young and male.
- The magazine needs to attract more young readers.
- Many readers will also be familiar with demonstrations of production of electric power by tapping the energy of winds and tides.
- Obviously, what the poet communicates to the reader in this poem is a complex reflection of her current mental state.
- Scientists are still not certain about this in spite of what the reader might believe.
- Seitz asks readers if they could imagine Ben Hogan or Arnold Palmer ever going to a sports psychologist.
- Share your thoughts with other readers by writing to Anne at Machine Knitting Monthly.
- We leave it to the reader to appreciate what this will mean in due course, as work on oneself progresses.
Longman Language Activatorthe people who read a particular newspaper, book etc
someone who reads a particular newspaper, magazine, or a type of book: · The magazine needs to attract more young readers.· Her books appeal especially to women readers.· All Ms Atwood's readers will be delighted with her latest book.· The average reader of science-fiction is young and male.
all the people who read a particular book, magazine, or newspaper: · The newspaper now has a readership of more than 500,000.· These books are obviously written for a young readership.a broad/wide readership: · The magazine now hopes to attract a wider readership.
the number of people who buy and read a particular newspaper or magazine: a circulation of 500,000/1 million etc: · The local newspaper has a circulation of around 16,000.a small/large circulation: · It is a specialist journal with a relatively small circulation.
able to read · Tom could read by the age of four.· Very few people in the rural areas can read or write.
someone who is literate can read and write - use this about adults or older children: · Over the last hundred years, people have become healthier, more literate, and better educated.· Every student should be literate by the time he or she leaves primary school.
someone, usually a child who can read well: · Children are expected to be competent readers by the time they leave this class.· Good readers tend to be better at spelling than other children.
the fact of being able to read - use this especially to talk about how many people in a society can read and in educational contexts: · Cuba has one of the highest literacy rates in the world (=more people can read there than anywhere else in the world)).· Literacy levels amongst girls very quickly overtook those of boys.· She runs a project called 'Forward to Literary'.· special classes in basic skills such as literacy and numeracy
not able to read to be unable to read at all: · A new report says that 25% of all 7-year-olds cannot read.· Jim couldn't read at all until he was fifteen.· It was not until I had lived with her for a year that I realized she couldn't read.
someone who is illiterate cannot read or write - use this about adults or older children: · His father was an illiterate farm worker.· If 70% of the population is illiterate, how do people know who they are voting for?
someone, especially a child, who can read, but not very well: · At first Katy was a slow reader, but now she reads all the time.· At the end of the day the teacher does half an hour's extra work with the slow readers.
the fact of being not able to read - use this especially to talk about how many people in a society cannot read: · Illiteracy rates among women in many countries are a serious cause for concern.· a society struggling to overcome poverty and illiteracy· The government has given extra funding to help tackle illiteracy in the inner cities.
someone who reads a lot also great/keen reader British someone who enjoys reading and reads a lot: · I was an avid reader as a child.· My grandchildren are great readers, so I always give them books for their birthday.voracious/avid reader of: · Along with being an expert in business law, Martin is a voracious reader of detective stories.
informal someone who spends a lot of time reading: · I was a real bookworm when I was a child.· an ideal gift for the bookworm in the family
someone who is well-read has read a lot of books, often the most important or famous books, and has learned a lot of information from them: · Charles was a well-read and highly educated man.well-read in: · Although Jack stopped his studies at 19, he was very well-read, especially in the classics.
WORD SETSabstract, nounagony aunt, nounagony column, nounannual, nounanthology, nounantiquarian, adjectiveappendix, nounarticle, nounauthor, nounautobiography, nounback, nounbackslash, nounbackspace, nounballoon, nounbanner headline, nounbestiary, nounbest-seller, nounbibliography, nounbibliophile, nounbind, verbbinder, nounbinding, nounbiographer, nounbiography, nounblackout, nounbold, adjectiveboldface, nounbook, nounbookbinding, nounbooklet, nounbookmark, nounbookmobile, nounbookplate, nounbookseller, nounbookshop, nounbookstall, nounbookstore, nounbound, adjectivebox, nounbraille, nounbroadsheet, nounbrochure, nounbubble, nounbulletin, nounby-line, nouncalendar, nouncaption, nouncarry, verbcatalogue, nouncentrefold, nounchain letter, nounchapbook, nounchapter, nounchequebook journalism, nouncircular, nouncirculation, nouncity desk, nouncity editor, nounclassified ad, nounclip, nounclipping, nouncodex, nouncol, collection, nouncolour supplement, nouncolumn, nouncolumnist, nouncomic, nouncomic strip, nouncommentary, nouncommentator, nouncompanion, nouncompendium, nouncomposition, nouncompositor, nouncontribute, verbcontributor, nouncopy, nouncopy editor, nouncopyist, nouncorrespondent, nouncoursebook, nouncover girl, nouncover story, nouncross-refer, verbcross-reference, nouncutting, noundaily, noundesk, noundiarist, noundiary, noundictionary, noundime novel, noundirectory, noundog-eared, adjectivedoorstep, verbdotted line, noundraft, noundraft, verbDTP, noundust jacket, nouned., edit, verbedition, nouneditor, nouneditorial, nouneditorship, nounemend, verbencyclopedia, nounentry, nounerratum, nounet al, adverbet cetera, adverbexclusive, nounexposure, nounexpurgated, adjectivefeature, nounff, figure, nounfiller, nounfinancial supermarket, Fleet Street, fly leaf, nounfolio, nounfollow-up, nounfont, nounfootnote, nounforeword, nounformat, nounformat, verbfrontispiece, nounfull-page, adjectivefull stop, nounfunny papers, noungagging order, galley, noungazette, noungazetteer, nounghost, verbghost writer, noungloss, noungloss, verbglossary, nounglossy, noungonzo journalism, noungossip column, noungraphic design, nounguide, nounguillotine, nounhack, nounhagiography, nounhalftone, nounhandbill, nounhandbook, nounhardback, nounhardcover, nounheading, nounheadline, nounheadline, verbheadword, nounhistory, nounhumorist, nounillustrate, verbillustration, nounimpression, nounimprimatur, nounimprint, nounindent, verbindentation, nounindex, nounindex, verbinsert, nouninset, nouninset, verbinstalment, nouninterpolate, verbISBN, nounissue, nounitalicize, verbitalics, nounjacket, nounjournal, nounjournalese, nounjournalism, nounjournalist, nounjourno, nounl, landscape, nounlayout, nounleader, nounleading article, nounleaf, nounletter-size, adjectivelibrary, nounlimited edition, nounlined, adjectiveLinotype, nounliterature, nounlocal paper, nounlocal rag, nounloose-leaf, adjectivelower case, nounmag, nounmagazine, nounmanuscript, nounmargin, nounmasthead, nounmezzotint, nounmicrofiche, nounmisprint, nounmonograph, nounmonthly, nounmorocco, nounmuckraking, nounN/A, N.B., news, nounnews agency, nounnewshound, nounnewsletter, nounnewspaper, nounnewsprint, nounnews release, nounnon-fiction, nounnote, nounnotebook, nounnotice, nounnumber, nounobituary, nounoffprint, nounoffset, adjectiveomnibus, nounop. cit., open letter, nounorgan, nounoverleaf, adverboverprint, verbp., pagination, nounpamphlet, nounpamphleteer, nounpap, nounpaparazzi, nounpaper, nounpaperback, nounpaperboy, nounpaper girl, nounpaper round, nounpaper shop, nounpara, passage, nounpaste-up, nounperiodical, nounpersonal ad, nounpersonal column, nounphrasebook, nounpicture book, nounpiece, nounplate, nounpocketbook, nounpp., prequel, nounpress, nounpress baron, nounpress box, nounpress conference, nounpress corps, nounpress cutting, nounpress gallery, nounpressman, nounpress office, nounpress release, nounprint, verbprint, nounprinted matter, nounprinter, nounprinting, nounprinting ink, nounprinting press, nounproblem page, nounproof, nounproofread, verbpublication, nounpublish, verbpublisher, nounpublishing, nounpull-out, nounquarterly, adjectivequarterly, nounquarto, nounquire, nounquotation, nounquote, verbrag, nounreader, nounreadership, nounreading, nounream, nounred ink, nounreference, nounreference book, nounreference library, nounrelease, verbreprint, verbreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectivereview, nounreview, verbreviewer, nounrevise, verbrevision, nounrider, nounroman, nounsans serif, nounsaturation, nounscare story, nounscoop, nounscoop, verbsection, nounserif, nounset, verbsilk screen, adjectivesketch, nounslipcase, nounsmall ad, nounsoft porn, nounsource, nounspace, nounspine, nounsplash, verbspoiler, nounstay of execution, nounstop press, nounstory, nounstorybook, nounstringer, nounstrip, nounstrip cartoon, nounsub, nounsub, verbsubedit, verbsub-editor, nounsubheading, nounsubscribe, verbsubscriber, nounsubscription, nounsuperscript, adjectivesupplement, nounsymposium, nounsyndicate, verbtable, nountabloid, nountext, nounthumb index, nountitle page, nountome, nountract, nountreatise, nountrot, nountype, nountypeface, nountypescript, nountypesetting, nountypographer, nountypography, nounvanity press, nounvellum, nounvignette, nounvol., volume, nounweekly, nounwell-thumbed, adjectivewoodblock, nounwrite-up, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives Anthony’s a great talker – sometimes you just can’t get a word in. an omnivorous reader a voracious readerCOLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
· Her son was quite a slow reader.
· He's not a good reader but he wants to try a new story.
(=someone who is not good at reading)· All these students had been judged to be poor readers.
(=someone who reads a lot of books)· My father was a great reader.
(=someone who eagerly reads a lot of books)· She was an avid reader of historical novels.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Anthony’s a great talker – sometimes you just can’t get a word in. an omnivorous reader a voracious reader· Facing up to it I am an avid Punch reader, but enough is enough.· Many become avid readers, work-out maniacs or bingo fanatics during the six months away from home.· I am an avid reader of your magazine and eagerly look forward to each month's issue.· But now she was an avid reader who liked nothing better than to haunt old bookstores.· I have long been a avid reader of books about islands.· Reagan was an avid reader of the conservative monthly Kuman Events, and frequently quoted from it at length.· The library was a room which the Empress used constantly, for she was all her life an avid reader.
· Entries are detailed, accurate and solid, written in clear, nontechnical language for the general reader.· However, the reality is very different, and for the general reader, slightly disappointing.· Many scores of pages are devoted to these topics and the general reader will need to keep a bookmark in the footnotes.· Books submitted will be assessed both for their scholarship and for their accessibility to the general reader.· This is written for students of linguistics but also offers a good introduction for the general reader.· Much for the specialist and general reader to enjoy.· This is a highly technical volume, not recommended to the general reader.
· The organisation is highly democratic, for lay readers are elected and then must consult their members in decision-making.· Unfortunately for the lay reader, battalions had a strange nomenclature.· His most striking proposition to the lay reader is that human beings are genetically programmed to learn certain kinds of language.· Ironically, it may, indeed, frighten the lay reader away altogether.· In 1898 he became a diocesan lay reader.
· It is not a language the young reader - or indeed any reader - is familiar with.· Seven-and eight-year-old children are still very young as readers.· This egregious nonsequitur requires further clarification, if only for your myriad younger readers.· The concern is not whether children are missing some small element or other, but that texts yield meaning to young readers.· It helps the young reader to come to terms with his or her own non-rational, unconscious-dominated behaviour.· And this is exactly what young readers should be doing.· We assume what the young reader is perceiving.· On the way: a People for young readers.
VERB· We asked readers who rush from work to the kitchen to share their quick, family-friendly recipes and time-saving techniques.· Last week, I asked readers to nominate which character they would vote out of the soaps.· Seitz asks readers if they could imagine Ben Hogan or Arnold Palmer ever going to a sports psychologist.· He might as well ask the reader to believe in those supremely credible terrorized musicians scraping and blowing through the small hours.· I have never before asked readers of New Scientist to take political action.· For this reason we are asking our readers to tell us about their experiences in the jobs race.
· We have £200 worth of Haar Sana goodies to give away to readers!· Mr Strine also gives readers excuses for his losses, such as injuries to key players or even the weather.· However it is hoped that this has given the reader an appreciation of some of the issues involved.· Repetitive, patterned texts give emergent readers extra support while they are reading.· It insists that all research is totally impartial to give readers objective facts about products and services.· The language within the marks also provides a nice change from the narrative voice and gives your readers an interesting third-person perspective.
· They can help the reader to develop the appreciation and enjoyment of pictorial material by offering a range of rich visual experiences.· Second, descriptions help your readers take in your message more completely.· They will not help the reader to grow brighter flowers or bigger cabbages.· The right balance of detail should help the reader quickly grasp the nature of the problem and your approach to it.· Hopefully this will help readers decide where to play.· This helps young readers want to read; it helps them grow into the kind of readers who carry books everywhere.· Finally the extensive index and reference citation helps the reader to find relevant literature.· It helps the young reader to come to terms with his or her own non-rational, unconscious-dominated behaviour.
· At various points the book invites the reader to undertake activities and then to discuss the issues with a group.· A series of close-up drawings of parts of animals, along with written clues, invite readers to guess the animal.· Last autumn, we invited readers to contribute essays on how they believed information technology would change life in Britain.
· We leave the reader to think about this until we reach Section 1.11.· We leave it to the reader to appreciate what this will mean in due course, as work on oneself progresses.· Yet they leave the reader hungry.· But in volunteering answers to these questions she leaves the reader hungry.· The task of integration is left to the reader.· Nor does Mr Spence draw the historical lessons the book permits, leaving them for the reader.· A qualified audit report, as opposed to an unqualified report, should leave the reader in no doubt as to its meaning and implications.· We leave to the reader the explanation as to why each of the asserted equalities holds.
· That's what I call offering the reader a choice of endings; but you may find me quite unreasonably literal-minded.· The Category Romance offers consistency; the readers basically know what they are going to get before they open the book.· HarperCollins has linked up with Glemby Hair Salons to offer five lucky readers a free top-to-toe treatment.· Diet books can work similarly, by offering readers inspiration and a new strategy toward weight loss or better health.· The Fresh Food Co is offering Prima readers 10 per cent off purchases over £25.· As a monthly, the magazine can not offer its readers the overnight scores, nor preview the week's to matches.· Which is why we're offering all our readers a chance to subscribe to New Scientist.
· This is in order to provide the reader with a mental picture of the house as the technical options are discussed.· This provides the reader or reviewer ample opportunity to write notes in regard to your material.· Enough information is given to provide the reader with a grasp of the essentials of each area.· It will continue to provide pleasure to readers for centuries and centuries into the future, Charles Dickens was a genius.· However, they do provide the reader with some indication of the growth and size of the overall market.· This brief summary of syndicated euro-credit lending will provide the reader with some idea of the complexity of such deals.· A number of artists have indeed caused some confusion among those who have set expectations by providing picture-books for older readers.
· That is, the reader reads what is stated, and reads what is implied.· Although many readers discuss their reading habits and wants with the library staff, an even larger number do not.· I would guess that most of her readers have not read 29.· But then I stopped reading as a reader and began to read as a writer.· Flesheating monsters and severed body parts dance through the pages as though daring the reader to read on.· Few of her readers would have read the books and in wartime would be unlikely to obtain them.· Her good readers are voracious and read their weight in books every week, while the slow readers lag behind.
· It is interesting to see a professional historian reminding the reader explicitly of the relevance of his facts, analysis and discussion.· In 25-page white papers, place a summary at the end to remind your reader of key points.· Perhaps it is as well to remind the reader here of the nature of the epiphysis.· Genesis 36 reminds its readers that Esau was the ancestor of the Edomites.· The conclusion should remind the reader of what you have accomplished.· To remind the reader of the nature of these two choices they are repeated below.· The purpose of the conclusion is to remind the reader of what you have accomplished during the essay.· In a critical article written several years ago, Townsend concluded by reminding his readers what Tawney had written in 1913.
· There is a pamphlet which tells the reader how to see Aarau in 45 minutes.· It must tell the readers enough about your background to ensure that they read your resume.· When you make an assertion, what you are doing is telling your reader something you think is true.· Perhaps you could tell our readers a little about your early life?· Only Diana's deep sense of patriotic duty made her agree to the arrangement, it told its readers.· It tells readers to circulate the letter widely.· I hope McCarthy will discover them, and tell your readers about them and their students.They make a better and inspiring story.
· But it is the poetic strength and simplicity of the writing that seduces the reader.· Sad, but true: in business writing, anyway, readers care more about themselves than about you.· From tea maker to charity supporter Dear Editor I am writing to make readers aware of the registered charity.· A series of close-up drawings of parts of animals, along with written clues, invite readers to guess the animal.· I have written several series of readers, now only obtainable in libraries.· It is a serious systematic account written for the general reader, professional without being technical.· So here, in effect, is a From Rock To Jazz column written by its readers!· You can not do this without projecting the effect of what you write upon an imagined reader.
WORD FAMILYnounreadreaderreadershipreadingreadabilityadjectivereadable ≠ unreadableverbread
1somebody who reads someone who reads books, or who reads in a particular way: The book will appeal to young readers. I’ve always been an avid reader (=someone who reads a lot).reader of He’s a great reader of crime fiction.a fast/slow reader2of a newspaper/magazine someone who reads a particular newspaper or magazine regularly: The newspaper gradually lost readers during the 1980s.3book an easy book for children who are learning to read or for people who are learning a foreign language4teacher Reader an important teacher in a British universityreader in a Reader in Sociology at Bristol University5equipment technical a piece of electronic equipment that can read information that is stored or recorded somewhere, for example on a card → mind reader, newsreaderCOLLOCATIONSadjectivesa slow/fast reader· Her son was quite a slow reader.a good reader· He's not a good reader but he wants to try a new story.a poor reader (=someone who is not good at reading)· All these students had been judged to be poor readers.a great reader (=someone who reads a lot of books)· My father was a great reader.an avid/voracious reader (=someone who eagerly reads a lot of books)· She was an avid reader of historical novels.