read¹ /rēd/

1. To look at and comprehend the meaning of written or printed words in
2. To understand as by interpretation of signs
3. To collect the meaning of
4. To go over progressively with silent understanding of symbols or with utterance aloud of words or performance of notes
5. To accept or offer as that which the writer intended
6. To learn from written or printed matter
7. To find recorded
8. To observe the indication of
9. To solve
10. To register, indicate
11. To teach, lecture on
12. To study
13. To impute by inference (as to read a meaning into)
14. To retrieve (data) from a storage device (computing)
15. To advise (archaic; see rede)
16. To make out
17. To interpret
18. To expound
19. To make known (Spenser)
20. To declare
21. To name (Spenser)

1. To perform the act of reading
2. To practise much reading
3. To study
4. To find mention
5. To give the reader an impression
6. To endure the test of reading
7. To deliver lectures
8. To have a certain wording

1. A spell of reading
2. Reading-matter
3. An opportunity of reading (Scot)
4. Counsel, a saying, an interpretation (Spenser)

1. Versed in books
2. Learned

readabilˈity /rēd-/ noun

readˈable adjective

1. Legible
2. Easy to read
3. Interesting without being of highest quality

readˈableness noun

readˈably adverb

readˈer noun

1. Someone who reads or reads much
2. A person who reads prayers or passages of scripture, etc at a church service
3. A lecturer, esp a higher grade of university lecturer
4. A proof-corrector
5. A person who reads and reports on manuscripts for a publisher
6. A reading-book
7. A pocketbook (criminal sl)
8. A device that projects a large image of a piece of microfilm onto a screen, for reading
9. A document reader (computing)

readˈership noun

1. The post of reader in a university
2. The total number of readers (of a newspaper, etc)

readˈing adjective

Addicted to reading

1. The action of the verb read
2. Perusal
3. Study of books
4. Public or formal recital, esp of a bill before Parliament (see first, second and third reading below)
5. The actual word or words that may be read in a passage of a text
6. The indication that can be read off from an instrument
7. Matter for reading
8. Lettering
9. An interpretation
10. A performer's conception of the meaning, rendering
11. Knowledge gained from having read books

reader advertisement noun

An advertising feature in a magazine which follows the style of the editorial part of the magazine, often with accompanying photographs or drawings

readers' inquiry card or readers' service card noun

A business reply card bound into a magazine with numbers corresponding to advertised products

readˈ-in noun

Input of data to a computer or storage device

reading age noun

Reading ability calculated as equivalent to the average ability at a certain age

readˈing-book noun

A book of exercises in reading

readˈing-boy noun (printing; obsolete)

A reader's assistant

readˈing-desk noun

1. A desk for holding a book or paper while it is read
2. A lectern

reading group same as book group (see under book).

readˈing-lamp noun

A lamp for reading by

readˈing-machine noun

1. A reader for microfilm
2. A document reader (computing)

reading matter noun

Printed material, eg books, magazines

readˈing-room noun

1. A room for consultation, study or investigation of books in a library
2. A room with papers, periodicals, etc resorted to for reading
3. A proofreaders' room

readˈmē file noun (computing)

A text file supplied with computer software that contains information about the software, such as advice on installation and bugs

readˈ-only adjective (computing)

Of a storage device or file, capable of being read but not altered

readˈ-out noun

1. The output unit of a computer
2. The retrieval of data from a computer
3. Data from a computer, printed or registered on magnetic tape or punched paper tape, or displayed on a screen
4. Data from a radio transmitter

read-write head noun (computing)

In a disk drive, a head that can both retrieve and record data

read-write memory noun (computing)

One that allows retrieval and input of data

first, second and third reading

The three successive formal readings of a bill before parliament, when (in Britain) it is introduced, discussed in general, and reported on by a committee

read between the lines

To detect a meaning not expressed but implied

read in

To transfer data from a storage device into the main memory of a computer

read into

To find in a person's writing, words, behaviour, etc (meanings which are not overtly stated and may not have been intended)

read off

To take as a reading from an instrument

read (oneself) in

In the Church of England, to enter into possession of a benefice by reading the Thirty-nine Articles

read out

1. To read aloud
2. To retrieve data from a computer, etc
3. To expel from a political party or a society (chiefly N American)

read someone's mind

To guess accurately what someone is thinking

read up

To amass knowledge of by reading

take as read /red/

1. To presume
2. To understand to be, and accept as, true

read² /rēd/

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