Read Meaning

There are 12 meaning(s) for word Read

Meaning 1 : have or contain a certain wording or form

    Example : The passage reads as follows

    Synonyms : say
Meaning 2 : make sense of a language

    Example : Can you read Greek?

    Synonyms : interpret,  translate,  understand
Meaning 3 : obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

    Example : This dictionary can be read by the computer

    Synonyms : scan
Meaning 4 : indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

    Example : The gauge read `empty'

    Synonyms : record,  register,  show
Meaning 5 : interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

    Example : I read this address as a satire

    Synonyms : take
Meaning 6 : be a student of a certain subject

    Example : She is reading for the bar exam

    Synonyms : learn,  study,  take
Meaning 7 : audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

Meaning 8 : interpret something that is written or printed

    Example : read the advertisement,Have you read Salman Rushdie?

Meaning 9 : interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

    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

Meaning 10 : look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

    Example : The King will read the proclamation at noon

Meaning 11 : something that is read

    Example : the article was a very good read

Meaning 12 : to hear and understand

    Example : I read you loud and clear!

How to Pronounce Read

  • rid


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