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Reading   /rˈɛdɪŋ/  /rˈidɪŋ/   Listen
Reading

noun
1.
The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message.  "Suggestions for further reading"
2.
A particular interpretation or performance.  "He was famous for his reading of Mozart"
3.
A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument.  Synonyms: indication, meter reading.  "The barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
4.
Written material intended to be read.  Synonym: reading material.  "He bought some reading material at the airport"
5.
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something.  Synonyms: interpretation, version.
6.
A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England.
7.
A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance.  Synonyms: recital, recitation.
8.
The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments.  Synonym: meter reading.


Read

verb
(past & past part. read; pres. part. reading)
1.
Interpret something that is written or printed.  "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
2.
Have or contain a certain wording or form.  Synonym: say.  "What does the law say?"
3.
Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed.
4.
Obtain data from magnetic tapes.  Synonym: scan.
5.
Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior.  "I can't read his strange behavior" , "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
6.
Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.  Synonym: take.  "How should I take this message?" , "You can't take credit for this!"
7.
Be a student of a certain subject.  Synonyms: learn, study, take.
8.
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.  Synonyms: record, register, show.  "The gauge read 'empty'"
9.
Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role.
10.
To hear and understand.
11.
Make sense of a language.  Synonyms: interpret, translate, understand.  "Can you read Greek?"



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"Reading" Quotes from Famous Books



... have been less formidable than the person to the relief of whose shyness her niece ostensibly came. The ostensible, in Kate, struck him altogether, on this occasion, as prodigious; while scarcely less prodigious, for that matter, was his own reading, on the spot, of the relation between his companions—a relation lighted for him by the straight look, not exactly loving nor lingering, yet searching and soft, that, on the part of their hostess, the girl had to reckon with as she advanced. It took her in from head to foot, and in doing so it told ...
— The Wings of the Dove, Volume II • Henry James
... pulse is still very high; but there was a gleam of perfect consciousness; he spoke calmly and clearly, fully understanding his situation. Come what will, it is a thing to be infinitely thankful for! I am very glad! Now for our morning reading.' ...
— The Heir of Redclyffe • Charlotte M. Yonge
... accordingly selected a number of them, added the simple story of our precious child's short career, and handed the package to my beloved friend and publisher, the late Mr. Peter Carter, with the request that they be printed for private distribution. He urged, after reading them, that I should allow him to publish them, which he did under the title of "The Empty Crib, a Book of Consolation." That simple story of a sweet child's life has travelled widely over the world and made our ...
— Recollections of a Long Life - An Autobiography • Theodore Ledyard Cuyler
... namely, a foot of copper wire weighing one hundred grains, and showed how it might be applied to measure the length of wire by its resistance. He was awarded a medal for his paper by the Society. The same year he invented an apparatus which enabled the reading of a thermometer or a barometer to be registered at a distance by means of an electric contact made by the mercury. A sound telegraph, in which the signals were given by the strokes of a bell, was also patented by Cooke and Wheatstone in May of ...
— Heroes of the Telegraph • J. Munro
... on ordinary things there is no excuse for writing so as not to be clearly understood, or for writing in such a long and round-about way that people are tired instead of refreshed by reading. Nor is there any excuse for the use of words and phrases which are vulgar or too colloquial for the subject; yet how often is this done in the modern newspaper. It may seem unnecessary to speak to boys and girls of the faults of newspaper ...
— Stories That Words Tell Us • Elizabeth O'Neill


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