read
verb
[ riːd ]
• look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed.
• "it's the best novel I've ever read"
Similar:
peruse,
study,
scrutinize,
look through,
pore over,
devour,
be absorbed in,
bury oneself in,
wade through,
plough through,
run one's eye over,
cast an eye over,
leaf through,
scan,
glance through,
flick through,
skim through,
thumb through,
flip through,
browse through,
dip into,
con,
decipher,
make out,
make sense of,
interpret,
understand,
comprehend,
• discover (information) by reading it in a written or printed source.
• "he was arrested yesterday—I read it in the paper"
• understand or interpret the nature or significance of.
• "he didn't dare look away, in case this was read as a sign of weakness"
• inspect and record the figure indicated on (a measuring instrument).
• "I've come to read the gas meter"
• study (an academic subject) at a university.
• "I'm reading English at Cambridge"
• (of a computer) copy, transfer, or interpret (data).
• "it attempts to read a floppy disk without regard to its format"
• present (a bill or other measure) before a legislative assembly.
• "the bill was accordingly read a second time"
• hear and understand the words of (someone speaking on a radio transmitter).
• "‘Do you read me? Over.’"
read
noun
• a period or act of reading something.
• "I was having a quiet read of the newspaper"
Similar:
perusal,
study,
scan,
scrutiny,
look (at),
browse (through),
glance (through),
leaf (through),
flick (through),
skim (through),
read
adjective
• having a specified level of knowledge as a result of reading.
• "Ada was well read in French literature"
• having a readership of a specified extent.
• "it is still a widely read newspaper"
Origin:
Old English rǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raden and German raten ‘advise, guess’. Early senses included ‘advise’ and ‘interpret (a riddle or dream’) (see rede).
