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Meaning of 'read' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Read
- imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
2 . Read [ a.]
- Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
3 . Read [ imp. & p. p.]
- of Read
4 . Read [ n.]
- Rennet. See 3d Reed.
5 . Read [ v.]
- Reading.
6 . Read [ v. i.]
- To give advice or counsel.
- To tell; to declare.
- To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
- To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
- To learn by reading.
- To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
- To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
7 . Read [ v. t.]
- To advise; to counsel.
- To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
- To tell; to declare; to recite.
- To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
- Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
- To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
- To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
- Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.

Meaning of 'read' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . read [ n]
Meaning (1):
- something that is read
Example in sentence:
  • the article was a very good read
2 . read [ v]
Meaning (2):
- make sense of a language
Example in sentence:
  • Can you read Greek?;
  • She understands French
Meaning (3):
- interpret something that is written or printed
Example in sentence:
  • Have you read Salman Rushdie?;
  • read the advertisement
Meaning (4):
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
Example in sentence:
  • He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
Meaning (5):
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
Example in sentence:
  • How should I take this message?;
  • I read this address as a satire
Meaning (6):
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
Example in sentence:
  • I can't read his strange behavior;
  • She read the sky and predicted rain;
  • The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball
Meaning (7):
- to hear and understand
Example in sentence:
  • I read you loud and clear!
Meaning (8):
- be a student of a certain subject
Example in sentence:
  • She is reading for the bar exam
Meaning (9):
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Example in sentence:
  • The gauge read `empty';
  • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
Meaning (10):
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
Example in sentence:
  • The King will read the proclamation at noon
Meaning (11):
- have or contain a certain wording or form
Example in sentence:
  • The passage reads as follows;
  • What does the law say?
Meaning (12):
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
Example in sentence:
  • This dictionary can be read by the computer

Nearby Words:

reabsorb reabsorption reaccess reaccuse reach reachable reached reacher reaching reachless

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