Read

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  • intransitive verb. To examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed characters, words, or sentences).
  • intransitive verb. To utter or render aloud (written or printed material).
  • intransitive verb. To have the ability to examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed material in a given language or notation).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To examine and grasp the meaning of (language in a form other than written or printed characters, words, or sentences).
  • intransitive verb. To examine and grasp the meaning of (a graphic representation).
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To discern and interpret the nature or significance of through close examination or sensitive observation.
  • intransitive verb. To discern or anticipate through examination or observation; descry.
  • intransitive verb. To determine the intent or mood of.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To attribute a certain interpretation or meaning to.
  • intransitive verb. To consider (something written or printed) as having a particular meaning or significance.
  • intransitive verb. To foretell or predict (the future).
  • intransitive verb. To receive or comprehend (a radio message, for example).
  • intransitive verb. To study or make a study of.
  • intransitive verb. To learn or get knowledge of from something written or printed.
  • intransitive verb. To proofread.
  • intransitive verb. To have or use as a preferred reading in a particular passage.
  • intransitive verb. To indicate, register, or show.
  • intransitive verb. To obtain (data) from a storage medium, such as a magnetic disk.
  • intransitive verb. To decode or translate (a sequence of messenger RNA) into an amino acid sequence in a polypeptide chain.
  • intransitive verb. To examine and grasp the meaning of printed or written characters, as of words or music.
  • intransitive verb. To speak aloud the words that one is reading.
  • intransitive verb. To learn by reading.
  • intransitive verb. To study.
  • intransitive verb. To have a particular wording.
  • intransitive verb. To contain a specific meaning.
  • intransitive verb. To indicate, register, or show a measurement or figure.
  • intransitive verb. To have a specified character or quality for the reader.
  • noun. Something that is read.
  • noun. An interpretation or assessment.
  • adjective. Informed by reading; learned.
  • phrasal verb. To read aloud.
  • phrasal verb. To study or learn by reading.
  • idiom. (lecture/lesson) To issue a reprimand.
  • idiom. (read between the lines) To perceive or detect an obscure or unexpressed meaning.
  • idiom. (read out of) To expel by proclamation from a social, political, or other group.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • An obsolete form of red.
  • Having knowledge gained from reading; instructed by reading; in general, versed: now usually with well: as, well read in the classics.
  • To counsel; advise; recommend.
  • To teach; instil, as a lesson.
  • To explain the meaning of; explain; interpret; make out; solve: as, to read a riddle; to read a dream.
  • To declare; tell; rehearse.
  • To suppose; guess; imagine; fancy.
  • To understand by observation or scrutiny; acquire a knowledge of (something not otherwise obvious) by interpreting signs or indications; study out; interpret: as, to read the signs of the times; to read the sky or a person's countenance.
  • To discover by observation or scrutiny; perceive from signs or indications.
  • To observe and apprehend the meaning of (something written, printed, inscribed, or stamped in letters or other significant characters); go over with the eyes (or, in the case of the blind, with the fingers) and take in the meaning of (significant characters forming or representing words or sentences); peruse: as, to read a book, newspaper, poem, inscription, or piece of music.
  • To note the indication of (a graduated instrument): as, to read a thermometer or a circle.
  • To utter aloud: said of words or sounds represented by letters or other significant characters.
  • Word Usage
    " Larry later read& line-edited all the novels; we heard read aloud every chap. 1 at semester's end."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    pass  
    cross-reference
    introduce  learn  perceive  seem  study  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Aristide  Bede  Ed  Ede  Fed  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    answer  bear  both  collection  copy  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    variant
    reed  
    verb-form
    reading  reads