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verb (used with object), read [red], /rɛd/, read·ing [ree-ding]. /ˈri dɪŋ/.

to look at carefully and then equally to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music.

to utter aloud or return in speech (something written, printed, etc.): reading a story to his children; The actor read his lines in a booming voice.

to have such knowledge of (a language) every bit to be able to understand things written in information technology: to be able to read French.

to apprehend the meaning of (signs, characters, etc.) otherwise than with the eyes, as past ways of the fingers: to read Braille.

to apprehend or translate the significant of (gestures, movements, signals, or the like): to read a semaphore; to read sign language.

to make out the significance of by scrutiny or ascertainment: to read the cloudy sky as the threat of a storm; a fisherman skilled in reading a stream for potential pools.

to anticipate, expect, or summate by observation: At the line of scrimmage, the quarterback read a rush and called an audible.

to foresee, foretell, or predict: to read a person's fortune in tea leaves.

to make out the character, motivations, desires, etc., of (a person or persons), as by the interpretation of outward signs.

to interpret or attribute a meaning to (a written text), a musical composition, etc.): How practise you read this clause in the contract?

to infer (something non expressed or direct indicated) from what is read, considered, or observed: He read an underlying sarcasm into her letter. In your silence I read understanding to my program.

to adopt or give as a reading in a particular passage: For "one thousand" some other version reads "10 thousand."

to substitute or replace (a item word or phrase) in a written text, ordinarily to right an error: Read "cavalry" for "calvary."

to check (printers' proofs, copy, etc.) for errors; proofread.

to register or indicate, every bit a thermometer, clock, etc.

Computers. to obtain (data, programs, or control data) from an external storage medium or some other source and place in retentiveness.

British. to study (a subject area), as at a academy: to read police force.

to read the piece of work of (an writer): She is reading Kafka.

to learn by or as if past reading: to read a person's thoughts.

to hear and understand (a transmitted radio message or the person transmitting it); receive: I read you loud and clear.

to bring, put, etc., past reading: to read oneself to sleep.

to requite one (a lecture or lesson) by way of admonition or rebuke.

to discover or explicate the meaning of (a riddle, dream, etc.).

verb (used without object), read [red], /rɛd/, read·ing [ree-ding]. /ˈri dɪŋ/.

to read or peruse written or printed matter.

to utter aloud or render in spoken communication written or printed words that one is perusing: to read to a person.

to give a public reading or recital.

to audit and apprehend the significant of written or other signs or characters.

to occupy oneself seriously with reading or study.

to obtain cognition or learn of something past reading.

to admit of being read, especially properly or well.

to have a certain diction.

to acknowledge of being interpreted: a rule that reads in two different ways.

to register or betoken particular information, every bit the status or condition of something: Her blood pressure is reading a fiddling low today.

to have an issue or make an impression; show along: Those battle photographs read with swell impact.

Computers. to read data, programs, or command data.

noun

an act or instance of reading: Give the agreement a careful read before y'all sign it.

something that is read: Her new novel is a wonderful read.

Verb Phrases

read in, Computers. to identify (information, programs, or control information) in memory.

read out,

1. to read aloud, as for someone'southward attending.
2. Computers. to remember (information) from a figurer.

read out of, to oust from membership in (a political party or other grouping) by a public proclamation of dismissal: He was read out of the association because of alleged destructive activities.

read upwardly on, to learn well-nigh past reading; gather data on; research by reading: You'd better read upward on World State of war I earlier taking the history exam.

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Idioms about read

read for, (of an actor) to audition for (a part, a play, etc.).

read lips, to study the lip movements of a speaker who cannot be heard and so equally to make up one's mind the words being uttered.

Origin of read

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Starting time recorded before 900; Middle English reden, read(en), reid(eastward), Former English rǣdan "to counsel, read"; cognate with Dutch raden, German raten, One-time Norse rātha; akin to Sanskrit rādhnoti "(he) achieves"; see also rede, riddleⁱ

Words nearby read

reactive schizophrenia, reactive thrust, reactivity, reactor, reactor vessel, read, readability, readable, read-across, read a lecture, read between the lines

Other definitions for read (ii of iii)

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adjective

having knowledge gained by reading (ordinarily used in combination): a well-read person.

Origin of read

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Outset recorded in 1570–80; past participle of read^ane

Other definitions for read (three of 3)

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noun

George, 1733–98, American political leader: served in the Continental Congress 1774–77.

Sir Herbert, 1893–1968, English language critic and poet.

a male given name: from an Old English word pregnant "cherry."

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Words related to read

gather, interpret, know, acquire, scan, see, written report, translate, view, announce, deliver, brandish, explain, hold, recite, say, show, speak, utter, apprehend

How to use read in a sentence

• Frank, if you're reading this, rethink your starting five for Game i tomorrow.

• If you're reading this, chances are y'all care a lot near fighting climate alter, and that's nifty.

• The more than I read almost it, the more I realized I did not sympathize what the National Baby-sit does.

• He'll read and edit them and so write his pages in the morning.

• Information technology's great to read an article in Chrome on one screen and have notes in OneNote on the other screen.

• There was nobody that I read who was like, "This is just… whatever."

• If y'all read the reactions, she was billed every bit 'Beauty and Brains.'

• Another read: "We need leaders who will stand against Common Core."

• Tin you talk about some of the books yous read that you lot call up are peculiarly proficient on the political history of the 1960s?

• President Harry Truman kept a sign on his desk that read: "The Cadet Stops Here."

• But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the volume to exist read at the monthly Dorcas.

• Now showtime we shall want our pupil to sympathize, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.

• No homo should regard the subject of faith as decided for him until he has read The Gold Bough.

• Davy read this over two or three times, in the greatest perplexity, then gave it up in despair.

• A true history of the Merrill Horse, and the adventures of its different members, would read like the nigh exciting fiction.

British Dictionary definitions for read (i of 2)

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verb reads, reading or read (rɛd)

to comprehend the meaning of (something written or printed) by looking at and interpreting the written or printed characters

to be occupied in such an activity he was reading all 24-hour interval

(when tr , often foll past out) to expect at, translate, and speak aloud (something written or printed) he read to us from the Bible

(tr) to interpret the significance or pregnant of through scrutiny and recognition he read the sky and predicted rain; to read a map

(tr) to interpret or understand the significant of (signs, characters, etc) other than by visual ways to read Braille

(tr) to have sufficient knowledge of (a language) to understand the written or printed word exercise you read German?

(tr) to discover or make out the true nature or mood of to read someone's mind

to translate or understand (something read) in a specified way, or (of something read) to convey a particular meaning or impression I read this speech as satire; this volume reads well

(tr) to adopt every bit a reading in a particular passage for ``benefaction'' read ``bone''

(intr) to have or contain a sure form or wording the sentence reads equally follows

to undertake a grade of written report in (a subject) to read history; read for the bar

to gain noesis by reading he read about the war

(tr) to register, indicate, or bear witness the meter reads 100

(tr) to bring or put into a specified condition past reading to read a child to sleep

(tr) to hear and understand, esp when using a two-way radio nosotros are reading y'all loud and clear

computing to obtain (data) from a storage device, such as magnetic tape Compare write (def. xvi)

(tr) to understand (written or printed music) by interpretation of the notes on the staff and to be able to reproduce the musical sounds represented by these notes

read a lesson or read a lecture breezy to censure or reprimand, esp in a long-winded mode

read between the lines to perceive or deduce a meaning that is hidden or unsaid rather than being openly stated

you wouldn't read almost information technology Australian informal an expression of dismay, disgust, or atheism

substantive

matter suitable for reading this new book is a very expert read

the deed of reading

Word Origin for read

Old English language rǣdan to advise, explain; related to Old Frisian rēda, Sometime High High german rātan, Gothic garēdan

British Dictionary definitions for read (2 of two)

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verb

the past tense and past participle of read 1

adjective

having knowledge gained from books (esp in the phrases widely read, well-read)

have something equally read to have something for granted as a fact; understand or assume

Collins English language Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with read

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In addition to the idioms beginning with read

• read a lecture
• read between the lines
• read into
• read like an open up book
• read out of
• read someone's mind
• read the riot act
• read up

also see:

• practise you read me
• open book, read like an

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