read
About 123.43 uses per million words.
Meaning
- verb To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Have you read this book?
- verb To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
Arabic reads right to left.
- verb To read a work or works written by the named author.
At the moment I'm reading Milton.
- verb To speak aloud words or other information that is written.
He read us a passage from his new book.
- verb To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.
- verb To consist of certain text.
On the door hung a sign that read "No admittance".
- verb To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.
Our school focuses primarily on the liberal arts (read "useless degrees").
- verb Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.
Our school focuses primarily on the liberal arts (read "useless degrees").
Similar words
study interpret learn say translate scan show understand register record
Often followed by
the it and in a as to this by
Word family
George Read Read Sir Herbert Read reading reads
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