Read - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|riːd|
Brit.
|riːd|
irregular verb: p.t. — read p.p. — read
noun ↓
- something that is read
verb ↓
- interpret something that is written or printed
- have or contain a certain wording or form (syn: say)
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources (syn: scan)
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression (syn: take)
- be a student of a certain subject (syn: learn, study, take)
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments (syn: record, register, show)
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- to hear and understand
- make sense of a language (syn: interpret, translate, understand)
- have or contain a certain wording or form (syn: say)
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources (syn: scan)
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression (syn: take)
- be a student of a certain subject (syn: learn, study, take)
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments (syn: record, register, show)
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- to hear and understand
- make sense of a language (syn: interpret, translate, understand)
Examples
She learned to read at a very early age.
I can't read your handwriting.
He likes reading the newspaper.
She reads a lot of mystery novels.
She starts work every day by reading her e-mail.
Didn't you read the instructions?
Please read from Chapter 5 through Chapter 10.
He read the poem aloud.
He wrote down the address I gave him and read it back to me.
Her mother read to her every night at bedtime.
He reviewed the book after several reads.
She was lying in bed having a peaceful read.
It was sad to read of the death of the famous old actress.
I'll read to you if you like.
I like to read deeply in any subject that I choose to study.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: read
he/she/it: reads
present participle: reading
past tense: read
past participle: read
I/you/we/they: read
he/she/it: reads
present participle: reading
past tense: read
past participle: read