readernoun [ C ]
uk/ˈriː.dər/us/ˈriː.dɚ/reader noun [ C ] (PERSON WHO READS)
B1 someone who reads for pleasure, especially a person who reads a lot:
B1 someone who reads a particular newspaper or magazine:
specialized publishing a person whose job is to advise a publishing company if a particular book should be published
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- She's a very keen reader - she devours one book after another.
- He's a voracious reader of historical novels.
- A couple of alert readers wrote in to the paper pointing out the mistake.
- The books with large print are meant for our partially sighted readers.
- All these changes to the newspaper have alienated its traditional readers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- peruse
- read sth over/through
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- reference
- riffle
- run your eye over sth idiom
- scan
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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reader noun [ C ] (SIMPLE BOOK)
B1 a book containing a simple story that is designed for children who are learning to read or people who are learning a language:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Books: kinds of books
- abridge
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- bestiary
- crammer
- digest
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- glossy
- novelette
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- travelogue
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reader noun [ C ] (DEVICE)
a device that helps you to read very small writing, or a machine that can recognize printed material:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reading
- cross-reference
- deconstruct
- deconstruction
- devour
- dyslexia
- flip
- hermeneutic
- leaf through sth
- peruse
- read sth over/through
- readership
- reading
- reading knowledge
- reference
- riffle
- run your eye over sth idiom
- scan
- skim
- thumb
- thumb through sth
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reader noun [ C ] (TEACHER)
specialized education a teacher, at British universities, just under the rank of professor:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Teachers
- academician
- associate professor
- board of education
- dean
- docent
- handler
- headteacher
- housemaster
- housemistress
- instructor
- lecturer
- mentor
- professor
- professorial
- professorship
- rector
- residence
- scribe
- trainer
- tutor
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