reading

About 91.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of read
2. noun The process of interpreting written language.

   The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.

3. noun The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
4. noun An interpretation.
5. noun A value indicated by a measuring device.

   He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.

6. noun An event at which written material is read aloud.

   I attended a poetry reading.

7. noun The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
8. noun A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.

   Some Chinese characters have numerous readings.

Similar words

recital recitation interpretation version meter reading addressing reader peer-reviewed study interpreting

Often followed by

of the and a in is this for it

Word family

Reading readings