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Read — synonyms, definition

1. read (a)

4 synonyms
examined perceived seen understood

2. read (Verb)

36 synonyms
advance analyse announce communicate compare comprehend connote deliver denote discern express give grasp indicate interpret investigate leaf learn look over look through • • •
11 definitions

read (Verb) — Interpret something that is written or printed. ex. "read the advertisement" ex. "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

read (Verb) — Have or contain a certain wording or form. ex. "The passage reads as follows"

read (Verb) — Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed. ex. "The King will read the proclamation at noon"

read (Verb) — Obtain data from magnetic tapes. ex. "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

read (Verb) — Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behaviour. ex. "She read the sky and predicted rain" ex. "I can't read his strange behaviour" ex. "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"

read (Verb) — Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression. ex. "I read this address as a satire"

read (Verb) — Be a student of a certain subject. ex. "She is reading for the bar exam"

read (Verb) — Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments. ex. "The gauge read 'empty'"

read (Verb) — (performing arts) audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role.

read (Verb) — To hear and understand. ex. "I read you loud and clear!"

read (Verb) — Make sense of a language. ex. "Can you read Greek?"

22 types of
anticipate audition call construe feature forebode foretell have indicate interpret mouth predict prognosticate promise see speak talk try out understand utter • • •
28 types
anagram anagrammatise anagrammatize audit call decipher dictate dip into drill exercise lip-read lipread misinterpret misread numerate practice practise prepare reread say • • •

3. read (Noun)

1 definition

read (Noun) — Something that is read. ex. "the article was a very good read"

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