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verb (past and past participle read [ red ], present participle read·ing, 3rd person present singular reads) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb interpret written material: to identify and understand the meaning of the characters and words in written or printed material
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2. transitive and intransitive verb utter written words: to say the words of written or printed material aloud
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3. transitive and intransitive verb learn something by reading: to find something out by studying written or printed material
  I read it in a book.
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4. transitive verb interpret nonwritten material: to interpret the information conveyed by movements, signs, or signals
We could no longer read the trail.
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5. transitive and intransitive verb interpret printed signs: to be able to identify and understand printed or written signs or symbols
to learn to read music
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6. transitive verb be able to read foreign language: to know another language well enough to be able to read in it
Can you read French?
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7. transitive verb understand something intuitively: to have an understanding of something by experience or intuitive means
claiming to be able to read the future
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8. transitive and intransitive verb publishing
Same as proofread
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9. transitive and intransitive verb give particular interpretation to something: to interpret something, or be interpreted, in a particular way
I read this passage as being extremely optimistic.
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10. intransitive verb have qualities that affect understanding: to have particular characteristics that affect the way something is understood
In the original it reads as poetry rather than prose.
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11. intransitive verb have particular words: to have a particular wording
a sign that reads DANGER
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12. transitive verb U.K. education take university course: to pursue a particular course of study at a university
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13. transitive and intransitive verb radio hear something on two-way radio: to receive and understand a message sent by somebody on a two-way radio
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14. transitive verb indicate data: to indicate or display data such as a temperature
What does the thermometer read?
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15. transitive verb publishing substitute word: to substitute a word or words for others that were printed incorrectly
For "peasant" read "pheasant."
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16. transitive and intransitive verb comput transfer data into computer memory: to transfer program instructions or data from a storage device into a computer's main memory
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17. genetics decode RNA: to recognize sections of RNA codons that are responsible for different amino acid sequences and assemble them into a protein chain
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refers to enzymes
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1. reading material: something that produces a particular reaction in the reader when read
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informal
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a thrilling read
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2. time spent reading: a period devoted to reading
She settled down for a long read.
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adjective [ red ] |
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knowledgeable: informed or provided with knowledge through reading
He was without formal education but was literate, well read, and articulate.
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| [ Old English rǣdan< Indo-European] |
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take something as read to assume something to be the case
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