read

read

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ɹiːd/]

Senses

1. read (verb) — sense 1

Definition: To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

Example: Have you read this book?

2. read (verb) — sense 2

Definition: To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.: To be understood or physically read in a specific way.

Example: Arabic reads right to left.

3. read (verb) — sense 3

Definition: To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.: To read a work or works written by the named author.

Example: At the moment I'm reading Milton.

4. read (noun) — sense 4

Definition: A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.

Example: I had a read of the evening papers.

5. read (noun) — sense 5

Definition: Something to be read; a written work.

Example: His thrillers are always a gripping read.

6. read (noun) — sense 6

Definition: A person's interpretation or impression of something.

Example: What's your read of the current political situation?

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