read

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[[t]rid[/t]]

v. read(red), read•ing [[t]ˈri dɪŋ[/t]] n.

1) to look at so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.)

2) to utter aloud or render in speech (something written, printed, etc.):

to read a story to a child[/ex]

3) to have such knowledge of (a language) as to be able to understand things written in it

4) to apprehend the meaning of (signs, characters, etc.) otherwise than with the eyes:

to read Braille[/ex]

5) cvb to recognize and understand the meaning of (gestures, symbols, signals, or the like):

to read a semaphore[/ex]

6) to study the speech movements of (lips) so as to understand what is being said by a speaker

7) to make out the significance of by scrutiny or observation:

to read the dark sky as the threat of a storm[/ex]

8) to foretell or predict:

to read a person's fortune in tea leaves[/ex]

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

10) to interpret or attribute a meaning to (a written text, a musical composition, etc.)

11) to infer (something not expressed) from what is read, considered, or observed:

He read sarcasm into her letter[/ex]

12) to adopt or give as a reading in a particular passage:

For “one thousand” another version reads “ten thousand.”[/ex]

13) to register or indicate, as a thermometer

14) to learn by or as if by reading:

to read a person's thoughts[/ex]

15) cvb rtv to hear and understand (a transmitted message or the person transmitting it):

I read you loud and clear[/ex]

16) to bring, put, etc., by reading:

to read oneself to sleep[/ex]

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

18) cmp to obtain (data or programs) from an external storage medium and place in a computer's memory

19) cvb brit. to study (a subject), as at a university

20) to read written or printed matter

21) to render aloud a text that one is reading

22) (of an actor) to audition by reading aloud from a given script or other text

23) to give a public reading or recital

24) to inspect and apprehend the meaning of written or other signs or characters

25) to occupy oneself with reading or study

26) to obtain knowledge or learn of something by reading

27) to admit of being read as specified:

The essay reads well[/ex]

28) to have a certain wording

29) to admit of being interpreted:

a rule that reads two different ways[/ex]

30) cvb to register or indicate particular information, as the status or condition of something

31) phv cvb read up on, to learn about by reading

32) cvb an act or instance of reading

33) cvb something that is read:

Her new novel is a good read[/ex]

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- read between the lines read someone's lips

Etymology: bef. 900; ME reden, OE rǣdan to counsel, read II

read

[[t]rɛd[/t]] adj.

having knowledge gained by reading (usu. used in combination):

a well-read person[/ex]

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Etymology: 1580–90