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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



... bolded in the text. A word surrounded by underscores like this signifies the word is italics in the text. The italic and bold markup for single italized letters (such as variables in equations) and "foreign" abbreviations are deleted for easier reading. ...
— Concrete Construction - Methods and Costs • Halbert P. Gillette
... coming to Jesus Christ. But, as I said, they being ignorant, and not knowing whence it comes and whither it goes, for "so is every one that is born of the Spirit," (John 3:8), therefore they attribute this change to others causes: as melancholy; to sitting alone; to overmuch reading; to their going to too many sermons; to too much studying and musing on what ...
— The Works of John Bunyan • John Bunyan
... go over it, do you? That's good!" But Starr's tone was not one of satisfied indorsement. He picked up the big book and carried it to the center table. He fished from his waistcoat pocket a small reading glass, unfolded the lenses, and studied the page. He turned other pages and performed the same minute inspection. Then he took the ledger to the window and held page after page against the glass, propping the book ...
— When Egypt Went Broke • Holman Day
... there are a good few of them: style curiously rugged, intricate, headlong; and a strong substance of sense and worth tortuously visible everywhere. Letters so delightful to the poor retrieved Crown-Prince then and there; and which are still almost pleasant reading to third-parties, once you introduce grammar and spelling. This is one exact specimen; most important to the Prince and us. Suddenly, one night, by estafette, his Majesty, meaning nothing but kindness, ...
— History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. IX. (of XXI.) • Thomas Carlyle
... cooking her own scant meals over the gas; washing and ironing, for the sake of that neat appearance which was required of her by those in authority at the Emporium—yet, more especially, necessary for her own self-respect. With a mind keen and earnest, she contrived some solace from reading and studying, since the free library gave her this opportunity. So, though engaged in stultifying occupation through most of her hours, she was able to find food for mental growth. Even, in the last year, she had reached ...
— Within the Law - From the Play of Bayard Veiller • Marvin Dana


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