read

phonetic symbol: / réd | ríd / 

read - English Dictionary

[ noun ]
■ something that is read
e.g.)
・the article was a very good read

[ verb ]
■ make sense of a language
e.g.)
・Can you read Greek?
interpret , translate , understand

[ verb ]
■ be a student of a certain subject
e.g.)
・She is reading for the bar exam
learn , study , take

[ verb ]
■ to hear and understand
e.g.)
・I read you loud and clear!

[ verb ]
■ interpret something in a certain way
■ convey a particular meaning or impression
e.g.)
・I read this address as a satire
take

[ verb ]
■ interpret something that is written or printed
e.g.)
・read the advertisement
・Have you read Salman Rushdie?

[ verb ]
■ look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
e.g.)
・The King will read the proclamation at noon

[ verb ]
■ interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky
■ also of human behavior
e.g.)
・She read the sky and predicted rain
・I can't read his strange behavior
・The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball

[ verb ]
■ obtain data from magnetic tapes
e.g.)
・This dictionary can be read by the computer
scan

[ verb ]
■ indicate a certain reading
■ of gauges and instruments
e.g.)
・The gauge read `empty'
record , register , show

[ verb ]
■ audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

[ verb ]
■ have or contain a certain wording or form
e.g.)
・The passage reads as follows
say

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