read

1. 1

   To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.intransitivetransitive

   • Have you read this book?
   • He doesn’t like to read.
2. 2

   To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.; To be understood or physically read in a specific way.ergativeintransitivetransitive

   • Arabic reads right to left.
   • That sentence reads strangely.
3. 3

   To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.; To read a work or works written by the named author.intransitivemetonymicallytransitive

   • At the moment I'm reading Milton.
4. 4

   To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)intransitivetransitive

   • He read us a passage from his new book.
   • All right, class, who wants to read next?
5. 5

   To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.transitive

   • She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.
   • I can read his feelings in his face.
6. 6

   To consist of certain text.

   • On the door hung a sign that read "No admittance".
7. 7

   To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.ergative

   • In Livy, it is nearly certain that for Pylleon we should read Pteleon, as this place is mentioned in connection with Antron.
   • The sign of coefficient a(3) in the general formula of Table 2 should be plus instead of minus. Thus, the formula should read […]
8. 8

   To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.; Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.broadlyergativehumorous

   • Our school focuses primarily on the liberal arts (read "useless degrees").
9. 9

   To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.transitive

   • Do you read me?
10. 10

    To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).transitive

    • A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance.

syn. read

1. 1

   A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.

   • I had a read of the evening papers.
2. 2

   Something to be read; a written work.in-compounds

   • His thrillers are always a gripping read.
3. 3

   A person's interpretation or impression of something.

   • What's your read of the current political situation?
   • On the quarterback's first read of the situation, his target receiver was not open.
4. 4

   An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).

   • [As] Corey points out, "if you and I are both black queens then we can't call each other black queens because that's not a read. That's a [fact]."
5. 5

   The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.

1. 1

   simple past and past participle of readform-ofparticiplepast

syn. read