1. Interpret something that is written or printed
   "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
    
2. Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
   "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
    
3. Have or contain a certain wording or form
   "The passage reads as follows";
   - say
    
4. Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
   "I read this address as a satire";
   - take
    
5. Make sense of a language
   "Can you read Greek?";
   - understand, interpret, translate
    
6. Obtain data from disk or other digital sources
   "This dictionary can be read by the computer";
   - scan
    
7. Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behaviour
   "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behaviour"
    
8. Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
   "The gauge read ‘empty’";
   - register, show, record
    
9. Be a student of a certain subject
   "She is reading for the bar exam";
   - learn, study, take
    
10. (performing arts) audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
    "The aspiring actor read for the lead role in the upcoming production"
     
11. To hear and understand
    "I read you loud and clear!"

1. Something that is read
   "the article was a very good read"

Sounds like: r, read, reed, rede, Rei or reave, reevd, rea

Derived forms: reads, read, reading

Type of: act, anticipate, audition, call, construe, feature, forebode, foretell, have, indicate, interpret, mouth, move, predict, prognosticate, promise, publication, see, speak, talk, try out, understand, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Read, Mike