1. The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
   "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
    
2. Written material intended to be read
   "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport";
   - reading material
    
3. A particular interpretation or performance
   "on that reading, it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
    
4. A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
   "The critic offered a new reading of the classic novel";
   - interpretation, version
    
5. A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
   "the program included songs and readings of well-loved poems";
   - recitation, recital
    
6. A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
   "he could not believe the meter reading";
   - meter reading, indication
    
7. The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
   "he has a job meter reading for the gas company";
   - meter reading

1. A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

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!"

Sounds like: reads, reeds, eading, reeding

Derived forms: readings

Type of: act, anticipate, audition, black and white, call, city, construe, data point, datum, feature, forebode, foretell, have, indicate, internal representation, interpret, interpretation, language, linguistic process, measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration, mental representation, metropolis, mouth, move, oral presentation, predict, prognosticate, promise, public speaking, representation, see, speak, speaking, speechmaking, talk, try out, understand, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn], utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, written communication, written language

Part of: Berkshire, England

Encyclopedia: Reading, PA MSA