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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : reed |
| Phonetic Transcription : rid |
Definition of read
Origin :- Old English rædan (West Saxon), redan (Anglian) "to advise, counsel, persuade; discuss, deliberate; rule, guide; arrange, equip; forebode; read, explain; learn by reading; put in order" (related to ræd, red "advice"), from Proto-Germanic *raedanan (cf. Old Norse raða, Old Frisian reda, Dutch raden, Old High German ratan, German raten "to advise, counsel, guess"), from PIE root *re(i)- "to reason, count" (cf. Sanskrit radh- "to succeed, accomplish," Greek arithmos "number amount," Old Church Slavonic raditi "to take thought, attend to," Old Irish im-radim "to deliberate, consider"). Words from this root in most modern Germanic languages still mean "counsel, advise."
- Sense of "make out the character of (a person)" is attested from 1610s. Connected to riddle via notion of "interpret." Transference to "understand the meaning of written symbols" is unique to Old English and (perhaps under English influence) Old Norse raða. Most languages use a word rooted in the idea of "gather up" as their word for "read" (cf. French lire, from Latin legere). Read up "study" is from 1842; read out (v.) "expel by proclamation" (Society of Friends) is from 1788. read-only in computer jargon is recorded from 1961.
- verb look at and understand written word
- verb express, state
- "Here's a fine letter to read on a hot day," called Percival.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I've always been taken with the chap; and I'm very glad you read him correctly.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Did you notice you could read every letter in the label on that ham?
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- I'm always amused when I read about the suffering in the tenements.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Sorcery reads backwards—and I saw him so read from that scroll of his.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- The feelings with which Robert read and his mother listened to this letter, were varied.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Percival read them all hungrily, disregarding those that did not confirm his own opinions.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- “He always was an unmannerly cub,” said Master Headley, as he read the letter.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- She could not read, and would trust no one but her son-in-law to read it to her.
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- But before you start to read let me explain what I intend to do.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
Synonyms for read
- affirm
- announce
- apprehend
- assert
- bury oneself in
- comprehend
- construe
- decipher
- declaim
- deliver
- dip into
- discover
- display
- explain
- expound
- flip through
- gather
- glance
- go over
- go through
- hold
- indicate
- interpret
- know
- leaf through
- learn
- make out
- mark
- paraphrase
- perceive
- peruse
- pore over
- pronounce
- recite
- record
- refer to
- register
- render
- restate
- say
- scan
- scratch the surface
- see
- show
- skim
- speak
- study
- translate
- unravel
- utter
- view
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