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read
(r/i/d )

adjective (a)

  • Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • something that is read(noun.communication)
    Example:
    The article was a very good read.
    source: wordnet30
  • Rennet. See 3d Reed.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • interpret something that is written or printed(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    Read the advertisement.
    Have you read Salman Rushdie?.
    source: wordnet30
  • have or contain a certain wording or form(verb.stative)
    Example:
    The passage reads as follows.
    Synonym:
    say
    source: wordnet30
  • look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    The King will read the proclamation at noon.
    source: wordnet30
  • obtain data from magnetic tapes(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    This dictionary can be read by the computer.
    Synonym:
    scan
    source: wordnet30
  • interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    She read the sky and predicted rain.
    I can't read his strange behavior.
    The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball.
    source: wordnet30
  • interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I read this address as a satire.
    Synonym:
    take
    source: wordnet30
  • be a student of a certain subject(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    She is reading for the bar exam.
    Synonym:
    learn, study, take
    source: wordnet30
  • indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments(verb.communication)
    Example:
    The gauge read `empty'.
    Synonym:
    record, register, show
    source: wordnet30
  • audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • to hear and understand(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    I read you loud and clear!.
    source: wordnet30
  • make sense of a language(verb.cognition)
    Example:
    Can you read Greek?.
    Synonym:
    interpret, translate, understand
    source: wordnet30
  • To advise; to counsel.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To give advice or counsel.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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