read

Definitions of read in various dictionaries:

noun - something that is read

verb - interpret something that is written or printed

verb - have or contain a certain wording or form

verb - look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

verb - obtain data from magnetic tapes

verb - interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky

verb - interpret something in a certain way

verb - be a student of a certain subject

verb - indicate a certain reading

verb - audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

verb - to hear and understand

verb - make sense of a language

To examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed characters, words, or sentences).

To utter or render aloud (written or printed material): She read her poems to the students.

To have the ability to examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed material in a given language or notation): reads Chinese; reads music.

To examine and grasp the meaning of (language in a form other than written or printed characters, words, or sentences): reading Braille; reading sign language.

To examine and grasp the meaning of (a graphic representation): reading a map.

To discern and interpret the nature or significance of through close examination or sensitive observation: The tracker read the trail for signs of game.

To discern or anticipate through examination or observation; descry: “I can read abandonment in a broken door or shattered window” (William H.

To determine the intent or mood of: I can read your mind like a book.

To attribute a certain interpretation or meaning to: She read a different meaning into what he had said.

To consider (something written or printed) as having a particular meaning or significance: I read the novel as a parable.

To foretell or predict (the future).

To receive or comprehend (a radio message, for example): I read you loud and clear.

To study or make a study of: She read history as an undergraduate.

To learn or get knowledge of from something written or printed: He read that interest rates would continue to rise.

To proofread.

To have or use as a preferred reading in a particular passage: For change read charge.

To indicate, register, or show: The dial reads 32.

To obtain information from a storage medium, such as a magnetic disk.

To examine and grasp the meaning of printed or written characters, as of words or music.

To speak aloud the words that one is reading: He reads to his children every night.

To learn by reading: We read about the storm in the paper today.

To study.

To have a particular wording: Recite the poem exactly as it reads.

To contain a specific meaning: As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.

Something that is read: “The book is a page-turner as well as a very satisfying read” (Frank Conroy).

adv - to look at so as to take in the meaning of, as something written or printed [v READ, READING, READS] : READABLE [ adj ], READABLY