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FIRST READING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does first reading mean?
• FIRST READING (noun)
The noun FIRST READING has 1 sense:
1. the first presentation of a bill in a legislature
Familiarity information: FIRST READING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The first presentation of a bill in a legislature
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("first reading" is a kind of...):
presentation (the act of presenting a proposal)
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