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English to English adjective
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Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. |  | source: webster1913 noun
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something that is read | | Example: the article was a very good read
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Rennet. See 3d Reed. | | source: webster1913
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Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede. | | source: webster1913 verb
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interpret something that is written or printed | | Example: read the advertisement
Have you read Salman Rushdie?
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have or contain a certain wording or form | | Example: The passage reads as follows
What does the law say?
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look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed | | Example: The King will read the proclamation at noon
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obtain data from magnetic tapes | | Example: This dictionary can be read by the computer
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interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior | | Example: She read the sky and predicted rain
I can't read his strange behavior
The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball
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interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | | Example: I read this address as a satire
How should I take this message?
You can't take credit for this!
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be a student of a certain subject | | Example: She is reading for the bar exam
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indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | | Example: The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'
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audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role | | Example: He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
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to hear and understand | | Example: I read you loud and clear!
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make sense of a language | | Example: She understands French
Can you read Greek?
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To advise; to counsel. | | source: webster1913
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To give advice or counsel. | | source: webster1913
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