| read | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. read | something that is read.; "the article was a very good read" |
| ~ publication | a copy of a printed work offered for distribution. |
| v. (cognition) | 2. read | interpret something that is written or printed.; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| ~ construe, interpret, see | make sense of; assign a meaning to.; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
| ~ anagram, anagrammatise, anagrammatize | read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning. |
| ~ reread | read anew; read again.; "He re-read her letters to him" |
| ~ dip into | read selectively; read only certain passages from a text. |
| ~ decipher, trace | read with difficulty.; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs" |
| ~ read | look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed.; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" |
| ~ skim over, skim | read superficially. |
| ~ lip-read, lipread, speech-read | interpret by lipreading; of deaf people. |
| ~ read, say | have or contain a certain wording or form.; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" |
| v. (stative) | 3. read, say | have or contain a certain wording or form.; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" |
| ~ read | interpret something that is written or printed.; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| ~ feature, have | have as a feature.; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" |
| v. (cognition) | 4. read | look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed.; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" |
| ~ read | interpret something that is written or printed.; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| ~ numerate | read out loud as words written numbers. |
| ~ dictate | say out loud for the purpose of recording.; "He dictated a report to his secretary" |
| ~ mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize, utter | express in speech.; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" |
| ~ call | read aloud to check for omissions or absentees.; "Call roll" |
| v. (cognition) | 5. read, scan | obtain data from magnetic tapes.; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" |
| ~ construe, interpret, see | make sense of; assign a meaning to.; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
| ~ misread | read or interpret wrongly.; "He misread the data" |
| v. (cognition) | 6. read | interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior.; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" |
| ~ read, take | interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" |
| ~ scry | divine by gazing into crystals. |
| ~ forebode, predict, prognosticate, foretell, promise, anticipate, call | make a prediction about; tell in advance.; "Call the outcome of an election" |
| v. (cognition) | 7. read, take | interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" |
| ~ read | to hear and understand.; "I read you loud and clear!" |
| ~ construe, interpret, see | make sense of; assign a meaning to.; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?" |
| ~ misinterpret, misread | interpret wrongly.; "I misread Hamlet all my life!" |
| ~ read | interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior.; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball" |
| v. (cognition) | 8. learn, read, study, take | be a student of a certain subject.; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
| ~ audit | attend academic courses without getting credit. |
| ~ train, prepare | undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession.; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid" |
| ~ practice, drill, practise, exercise | learn by repetition.; "We drilled French verbs every day"; "Pianists practice scales" |
| v. (communication) | 9. read, record, register, show | indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" |
| ~ say | indicate.; "The clock says noon" |
| ~ show | give evidence of, as of records.; "The diary shows his distress that evening" |
| ~ strike | indicate (a certain time) by striking.; "The clock struck midnight"; "Just when I entered, the clock struck" |
| ~ indicate | to state or express briefly.; "indicated his wishes in a letter" |
| v. (creation) | 10. read | audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role.; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year" |
| ~ performing arts | arts or skills that require public performance. |
| ~ audition, try out | perform in order to get a role.; "She auditioned for a role on Broadway" |
| v. (cognition) | 11. read | to hear and understand.; "I read you loud and clear!" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
| ~ read, take | interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!" |
| v. (cognition) | 12. interpret, read, translate, understand | make sense of a language.; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" |
| ~ understand | know and comprehend the nature or meaning of.; "She did not understand her husband"; "I understand what she means" |
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