READ

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does read mean? 

• READ (noun)
  The noun READ has 1 sense:

1. something that is read

  Familiarity information: READ used as a noun is very rare.

• READ (verb)
  The verb READ has 11 senses:

1. interpret something that is written or printed

2. have or contain a certain wording or form

3. look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

4. obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

5. interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

6. interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

7. be a student of a certain subject

8. indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

9. audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

10. to hear and understand

11. make sense of a language

  Familiarity information: READ used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• READ (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Something that is read

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

the article was a very good read

Hypernyms ("read" is a kind of...):

publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)

Derivation:

read (interpret something that is written or printed)

read (have or contain a certain wording or form)

• READ (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Interpret something that is written or printed

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

Have you read Salman Rushdie?

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Verb group:

read; say (have or contain a certain wording or form)

read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):

lip-read; lipread; speech-read (interpret by lipreading; of deaf people)

skim; skim over (read superficially)

decipher; trace (read with difficulty)

dip into (read selectively; read only certain passages from a text)

reread (read anew; read again)

anagram; anagrammatise; anagrammatize (read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

Derivation:

read (something that is read)

reader (a person who enjoys reading)

reader (a person who can read; a literate person)

reading (the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Have or contain a certain wording or form

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

read; say

Context example:

What does the law say?

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

feature; have (have as a feature)

Verb group:

read (interpret something that is written or printed)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Something ----s something

Derivation:

read (something that is read)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The King will read the proclamation at noon

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Verb group:

read (interpret something that is written or printed)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):

numerate (read out loud as words written numbers)

dictate (say out loud for the purpose of recording)

call (read aloud to check for omissions or absentees)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s to somebody

Sentence examples:

The parents read a French poem to the children
The parents read the children a French poem

Derivation:

reader (a person who enjoys reading)

reader (a person who can read; a literate person)

reading (a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

read; scan

Context example:

This dictionary can be read by the computer

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):

misread (read or interpret wrongly)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)

Verb group:

read; take (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):

scry (divine by gazing into crystals)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 6

Meaning:

Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

read; take

Context example:

How should I take this message?

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)

Verb group:

read (interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior)

read (to hear and understand)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):

misinterpret; misread (interpret wrongly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

reading (a particular interpretation or performance)

Sense 7

Meaning:

Be a student of a certain subject

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

learn; read; study; take

Context example:

She is reading for the bar exam

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):

prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)

drill; exercise; practice; practise (learn by repetition)

audit (attend academic courses without getting credit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

read; record; register; show

Context example:

The gauge read 'empty'

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

indicate (to state or express briefly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):

say (indicate)

show (give evidence of, as of records)

strike (indicate (a certain time) by striking)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

reading (the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments)

reading (a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Context example:

He is auditioning for 'Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

audition; try out (perform in order to get a role)

Domain category:

performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s PP

Sense 10

Meaning:

To hear and understand

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

I read you loud and clear!

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)

Verb group:

read; take (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 11

Meaning:

Make sense of a language

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Synonyms:

interpret; read; translate; understand

Context example:

Can you read Greek?

Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):

understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

 Context examples 

Isn't there some nice girl who'd read and amuse you?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I read and studied the wild fancies of these writers with delight; they appeared to me treasures known to few besides myself.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

In the meantime the newspapers were read at Sierra Vista, not so much with interest as with anxiety.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

You may have read about this new moon last month, because it occurred on Friday, January 24-Saturday, January 25 (depending on your time zone).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

For an instant I read hatred and menace in the evil eyes.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) Trouble concentrating on things, such as reading the newspaper or watching television.

(PHQ-9 - Trouble Concentrating on Things, NCI Thesaurus)

Reading food labels can help you see how much sodium is in prepared foods.

(Dietary Sodium, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Issue associated with not correctly reading the patient or test result information provided by the device.

(Display Misread Medical Device Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

To everybody in succession, Captain Hopkins said: “Have you read it?”—“No.”—“Would you like to hear it read?

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They may alter the reading frame of a gene, or may result in loss of large chromosomal regions.

(Deletion Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)