verb trans
to look at and understand (e.g. words)
to utter aloud (printed or written words)
to read the words of (a sign, book, etc)
to look at and understand (something written or printed) by recognizing the signs and symbols that it consists of
to utter aloud the printed or written words of (something)
to read the works of (an author or type of literature)
to read (a particular newspaper, magazine, etc) regularly
to learn or find out (something) from written or printed matter
I had read that the operation was dangerous
to attribute a meaning to; to interpret
to interpret the meaning or significance of (something)
You can read the situation in several ways
to learn or understand the nature of (something or somebody) by observing outward expression or signs
I can read him like a book
I cannot read your thoughts
to foretell or predict (something)
She read his fortune
to interpret the action of or in (something) so as to anticipate what will happen or what needs doing
A good canoeist reads the rapids
to proofread (a printed text)
to grant a reading to (a legislative bill)
to look at the measurement shown on (e.g. a dial or gauge)
to indicate (a specified measurement)
The thermometer reads zero
chiefly Brit to study (a subject), esp for a degree
He wants to read law
said of a computer:
to recognize and respond to (coded information recorded or stored)
to take (information) from a storage medium, e.g. a CD-ROM
to receive and understand (a message) by radio
to perform the act of reading words; to read something
(+ for) to study a subject in order to qualify for something
She is reading for the Bar
to have particular qualities that affect comprehension when read
Hebrew reads from right to left
The passage reads differently in older versions
to work out the implicit meaning of something, rather than what is actually written
to accept something as agreed; to assume something