read
Forms
- present (v1)
- read
- past (v2)
- read
- past participle (v3)
- read
- present participle
- reading
- 3rd person singular
- reads
- Plural
- reads
Definitions
1.To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
- At the moment I'm reading Milton.
- She reads Playgirl magazine, goes to a male-strip joint and then complains about sexual harassment on the job.
- On this occasion he was carrying in his right hand a copy of the English-language China News, an odd touch because the President did not read English.
2.To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
- He read us a passage from his new book.
- All right, class, who wants to read next?
3.To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
- I can read his feelings in his face.
- She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.
4.To consist of certain text.
- On the door hung a sign that read "No admittance".
1.A person's interpretation or impression of something.
- What's your read of the current political situation?
- On the quarterback's first read of the situation, his target receiver was not open.
2.A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
- I had a read of the evening papers.
- One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read.
- In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.
3.Something to be read; a written work.
- His thrillers are always a gripping read.
4.An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
- Like most African-American women, Pearlie Mae uses snapping in many of the same ways that black gay men use it: to accentuate a read.
- I learned that it was acceptable to be witty, especially if you were one of the wearblackallthetime, deconstructivist, radical, feministbitchydiva girls who could give a harsh read (i.e., critique) or throw shade […].
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #244
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Uncommon
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”).