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Read

Verb

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1.VerbTo look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
"Have you read this book?; He doesn’t like to read.; Arabic reads right to left.; That sentence reads strangely.; At the moment I'm reading Milton."
2.VerbTo be understood or physically read in a specific way.
"Arabic reads right to left.; That sentence reads strangely."
3.VerbTo read a work or works written by the named author.
"At the moment I'm reading Milton."
4.VerbTo speak aloud words or other information that is written.
"He read us a passage from his new book.; All right, class, who wants to read next?"
5.VerbTo interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
"She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.; I can read his feelings in his face."
6.VerbTo consist of certain text.
"On the door hung a sign that read "No admittance"."
7.VerbTo substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.
"Our school focuses primarily on the liberal arts (read "useless degrees")."
8.VerbUsed to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.
"Our school focuses primarily on the liberal arts (read "useless degrees")."
9.VerbTo be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
"Do you read me?"
10.VerbTo observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
"A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance."
11.VerbTo study (a subject) at a high level, especially at university.
"I am reading theology at university."
12.VerbTo fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
"to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard"
13.VerbTo recognise (someone) as being transgender.
"Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me."
14.VerbTo call attention to the flaws of (someone) in a playful, taunting, or insulting way.
15.VerbTo imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
16.VerbTo think, believe; to consider (that).
17.VerbTo advise; to counsel. See rede.
18.VerbTo tell; to declare; to recite.
19.NounA reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
"I had a read of the evening papers."
20.NounSomething to be read; a written work.
"His thrillers are always a gripping read."
21.NounA person's interpretation or impression of something.
"What's your read of the current political situation?; On the quarterback's first read of the situation, his target receiver was not open."
22.NounAn instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
23.NounThe identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
24.Verbsimple past and past participle of read
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