Definition of reads Reads
/ɹiˈdz/ - [reedz] -
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- reads (Noun)
Plural of read.
Part of speech
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| read - something that is read; "the article was a very good read" | ||
| publication the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distribution | ||
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| read - interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" | ||
| construe, interpret, see make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | ||
| anagram, anagrammatise, anagrammatize read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning | ||
| reread read anew; read again; "He re-read her letters to him" | ||
| dip into read selectively; read only certain passages from a text | ||
| decipher, trace read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" | ||
| skim over, skim move or pass swiftly and lightly over the surface of | ||
| lip-read, lipread, speech-read interpret by lipreading; of deaf people | ||
| read - look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" | ||
| mouth, utter, verbalise, verbalize, speak, talk articulate silently; form words with the lips only; "She mouthed a swear word" | ||
| numerate read out loud as words written numbers | ||
| dictate say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary" | ||
| call rouse somebody from sleep with a call; "I was called at 5 A.M. this morning" | ||
| read - indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" | ||
| register, show, record | ||
| indicate indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents" | ||
| say indicate; "The clock says noon" | ||
| show give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening" | ||
| strike cause to form (an electric arc) between electrodes of an arc lamp; "strike an arc" | ||
| read - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" | ||
| read, take to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election" | ||
| scry divine by gazing into crystals | ||
| read - have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" | ||
| say | ||
| feature, have suffer from; be ill with; "She has arthritis" | ||
| read - to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" | ||
| read, take to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| read - obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" | ||
| scan | ||
| construe, interpret, see make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | ||
| misread interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" | ||
| read - audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year" | ||
| audition, try out perform in order to get a role; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway" | ||
| performing arts arts or skills that require public performance | ||
| read - be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" | ||
| learn, study, take | ||
| audit attend academic courses without getting credit | ||
| prepare, train to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech" | ||
| practise, drill, exercise, practice train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons | ||
| read - interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" | ||
| take | ||
| read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| read to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" | ||
| construe, interpret, see make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" | ||
| misread, misinterpret interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" | ||
| read - make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" | ||
| understand, interpret, translate | ||
| understand know and comprehend the nature or meaning of; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" | ||
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Wiktionary
- read (Noun)
A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play. - read (Verb)
To think, believe; to consider that. - read (Verb)
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. - read (Verb)
To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object. - read (Verb)
To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, etc. - read (Verb)
To consist of certain text. - read (Verb)
Of text, etc. , to be interpreted or read in a particular way. - read (Verb)
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection. - read (Verb)
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks. - read (Verb)
To recognise someone as being transgender.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary đŸ“˜
- read (n.)
Rennet. See 3d Reed. - read (imp. & p. p.)
of Read - read (v. t.)
To advise; to counsel. - read (v. t.)
To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. - read (v. t.)
To tell; to declare; to recite. - read (v. t.)
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. - read (v. t.)
Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. - read (v. t.)
To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. - read (v. t.)
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. - read (v. i.)
To give advice or counsel. - read (v. i.)
To tell; to declare. - read (v. i.)
To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. - read (v. i.)
To study by reading; as, he read for the bar. - read (v. i.)
To learn by reading. - read (v. i.)
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. - read (v. i.)
To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly. - read (v. t.)
Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. - read (v.)
Reading. - read
imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i. - read (a.)
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
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To interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression. -
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To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. -
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To have or contain a certain wording or form.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary đŸ“•
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rēd, v.t. to utter aloud written or printed words: to peruse: to comprehend: to study, as to read law, science: to teach: to make out, from signs: to solve, as to read a dream: to interpret: to understand, as reading the stars: to note the indication of, as to read a barometer: impute by inference, as to read a meaning into a book.—v.i. to perform the act of reading: to practise much reading: to appear on reading: to advise: to speak: to acquire information: to utter the words of a book: (mus.) to render music at first sight: to put a certain expression upon it: to be suitable for perusal:—pa.t. and pa.p. read (red).—n. Read, a reading, perusal: (Spens.) counsel, a saying, an interpretation.—adj Read (red), versed in books: learned.—ns. Readabil′ity, Read′ableness.—adj Readable (rēd′a-bl), that may be read: worth reading: interesting: enabling to read.—adv. Read′ably.—ns. Read′er, one who reads: one whose office it is to read prayers in a church, or lectures in a university, &c.: one who reads or corrects proofs: one who reads much: a reading-book; Read′ership, the office of a reader.—adj. Read′ing, addicted to reading.—n. act of reading: perusal: study of books: public or formal recital: the way in which a passage reads: an interpretation of a passage or work: a version: noting an instrument, as the reading of a barometer.—ns. Read′ing-book, a book of exercises in reading; Read′ing-boy (print.), a reader's assistant; Read′ing-desk, a desk for holding a book or paper while it is read: a church-lectern; Read′ing-lamp, a form of lamp for use in reading; Read′ing-room, a room with papers, periodicals, &c., resorted to for reading.—Read between the lines, to detect a meaning not expressed; Read one's self in, in the Church of England, to read the Thirty-nine Articles and repeat the declaration of assent prescribed by law to a new incumbent.—Penny reading, an entertainment consisting of readings, &c., to which the admission is a penny. [A.S. rǽdan, to discern, read—rǽd, counsel; Ger. rathen, to advise.]
