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read

English

  1. 🔊 something that is read
    “the article was a very good read”
  2. 🔊 to hear and understand
    “I read you loud and clear!”
  3. 🔊 interpret something that is written or printed
    “read the advertisement”
  4. 🔊 look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
    “The King will read the proclamation at noon”
  5. 🔊 interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky
    “She read the sky and predicted rain”
  6. 🔊 obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
    “This dictionary can be read by the computer”
  7. 🔊 indicate a certain reading
    “The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero”
  8. 🔊 audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
    “He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year”
  9. 🔊 have or contain a certain wording or form
    “The passage reads as follows”
  10. 🔊 make sense of a language
    “She understands French”
  11. 🔊 interpret something in a certain way
    “I read this address as a satire”
  12. 🔊 be a student of a certain subject
    “She is reading for the bar exam”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 leer to read
  2. 🔊 ridear to read
  3. 🔊 rezar to read, say

Similar words

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