Etymology : Middle English reden to advise, interpret, read, from Old English r[AE]dan; akin to Old High German rAtan to advise, Sanskrit rAdhnoti he achieves, prepares
Pronunciation : rEd
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. act of reading, act of converting written letters into words which have meaning. view written letters and convert them into words which have meaning; convert written letters into spoken words; understand, comprehend; learn; interpret. read\read\ , n. rennet. see:
3d reed. [prov. eng.]read \read\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. read ; p. pr. & vb. n. reading.] [oe. reden, r?den, as. r&aemacr;dan to read, advice, counsel, fr. r&aemacr;d advise, counsel, r&aemacr;dan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to d. raden to advise, g. raten, rathen, icel. rā?a, goth. rēdan (in comp.), and perh. also to skr. rādh to succeed. ?116. cf. riddle.].
2. to advise; to counsel. [obs.] see:
rede. therefore, i read thee, get to god's word, and thereby try all doctrine.
3. to interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
4. to tell; to declare; to recite. [obs.] but read how art thou named, and of what kin.
5. to go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. redeth [read ye] the great poet of itaille. well could he rede a lesson or a story.
6. hence, to know fully; to comprehend. who is't can read a woman?.
7. to discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. an armed corse did lie, in whose dead face he read great magnanimity. those about her from her shall read the perfect ways of honor.
8. to make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
9. Rennet.
10. See 3d Reed.
11. To advise; to counsel.
12. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
13. To tell; to declare; to recite.
14. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
15. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
16. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.
17. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.
18. To give advice or counsel.
19. To tell; to declare.
20. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.
21. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
22. To learn by reading.
23. To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.
24. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.
25. Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel.
26. See Rede.
27. Reading. imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.
28. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. something that is read; "the article was a very good read" to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball" obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar' at Stratford this year" have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?".
29. read reads reading The form read is pronounced when it is the present tense, and when it is the past tense and past participle.
30. When you read something such as a book or article, you look at and understand the words that are written there. Have you read this book? I read about it in the paper He read through the pages slowly and carefully It was nice to read that the Duke will not be sending his son off to boarding school She spends her days reading and watching television. Read is also a noun. I settled down to have a good read.
31. When you read a piece of writing to someone, you say the words aloud. Jay reads poetry so beautifully I like it when she reads to us I sing to the boys or read them a story before tucking them in.
32. People who can read have the ability to look at and understand written words. He couldn't read or write He could read words at 18 months.
33. If you can read music, you have the ability to look at and understand the symbols that are used in written music to represent musical sounds. Later on I learned how to read music.
34. When a computer reads a file or a document, it takes information from a disk or tape. How can I read a Microsoft Excel file on a computer that only has Works installed?.
35. You can use read when saying what is written on something or in something. For example, if a notice reads `Entrance', the word `Entrance' is written on it. The sign on the bus read `Private: Not In Service'.
36. If you refer to how a piece of writing reads, you are referring to its style. The book reads like a ballad.
37. If you say that a book or magazine is a good read, you mean that it is very enjoyable to read. Ben Okri's latest novel is a good read.
38. If something is read in a particular way, it is understood or interpreted in that way. The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest South Africans were praying last night that he has read the situation correctly = interpret.
39. If you read someone's mind or thoughts, you know exactly what they are thinking without them telling you. As if he could read her thoughts, Benny said, `You're free to go any time you like.'.
40. If you can read someone or you can read their gestures, you can understand what they are thinking or feeling by the way they behave or the things they say. If you have to work in a team you must learn to read people.
41. If someone who is trying to talk to you with a radio transmitter says, `Do you read me?', they are asking you if you can hear them. We read you loud and clear. Over.
42. When you read a measuring device, you look at it to see:
what the figure or measurement on it is. It is essential that you are able to read a thermometer.
43. If a measuring device reads a particular amount, it shows that amount. The thermometer read 105 degrees Fahrenheit.
44. If you read a subject at university, you study it. She read French and German at Cambridge University He is now reading for a maths degree at Surrey University.
45. If you take something as read, you accept it as true or right and therefore feel that it does not need to be discussed or proved. We took it as read that he must have been a KGB agent.
46. to read between the lines: see:
line see also reading. American Revolutionary leader, politician, and jurist. Delaware's delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), he championed the rights of small states and later served as a U.S. senator (1789-1793). erasable programmable read only memory read only memory compact disc read only memory.
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