Reading
Meaning of Reading
noun
- the action or skill of reading.
the reading of a will
suggestions for further reading
reading skills
- an occasion at which pieces of literature are read to an audience.
a poetry reading
- a particular interpretation of a text or situation.
feminist readings of Goethe
- a figure or amount shown by a meter or other measuring instrument.
radiation readings were taken every hour
- a stage of debate in parliament through which a Bill must pass before it can become law.
the Bill returns to the House for its final reading next week
- look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.
it's the best novel I've ever read
I never learned to read music
I'll go to bed and read for a while
- discover (information) by reading it in a written or printed source.
he was arrested yesterday—I read it in the paper
I read about the course in a magazine
- understand or interpret the nature or significance of.
he didn't dare look away, in case this was read as a sign of weakness
- inspect and record the figure indicated on (a measuring instrument).
I've come to read the gas meter
- study (an academic subject) at a university.
I'm reading English at Cambridge
- (of a computer) copy, transfer, or interpret (data).
it attempts to read a floppy disk without regard to its format
- present (a bill or other measure) before a legislative assembly.
the bill was accordingly read a second time
- hear and understand the words of (someone speaking on a radio transmitter).
‘Do you read me? Over.’
Old English rǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raden and German raten ‘advise, guess’. Early senses included ‘advise’ and ‘interpret (a riddle or dream’) (see rede).
Information about Reading
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Hyphenation of Reading
Read-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- Reading is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Reading synonyms
Meaning meter reading:
Meaning interpretation:
Meaning recitation:
Meaning the action of reading or examining something:
Meaning the devotion of time and attention to gaining knowledge of an academic subject, especially by means of books:
Meaning an act of scanning someone or something:
Meaning look at all parts of (something) carefully in order to detect some feature:
Meaning critical observation or examination:
Meaning the ability to understand something; comprehension:
Meaning an interpretation or rendering of a piece of music:
Meaning a statement or account that makes something clear:
Meaning detailed examination of the elements or structure of something:
Meaning an interpretation or explanation:
Meaning a scene or sequence of sound or vision photographed or recorded continuously at one time:
Meaning a thing constituting a piece of evidence about the past, especially an account kept in writing or some other permanent form:
Meaning a number, especially one which forms part of official statistics or relates to the financial performance of a company:
Meaning a performance, show, or event staged for public entertainment:
Meaning the action of measuring something:
Meaning examine carefully or at length:
Meaning examine or inspect closely and thoroughly:
Meaning eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly:
Meaning persuade (someone) to do or believe something by lying to them:
Meaning succeed in understanding, interpreting, or identifying (something):
Meaning understand (an action, mood, or way of behaving) as having a particular meaning:
Meaning perceive the intended meaning of (words, a language, or a speaker):
Meaning grasp mentally; understand:
Meaning interpret (a word or action) in a particular way:
Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:
Meaning make (an idea or situation) clear to someone by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts:
Meaning learn or study; take as one's subject:
Anagrams of Reading
areding, Dearing, Deringa, dearing, degrain, deraign, earding, gardein, gradine, grained
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