Reading

What do we mean by reading?

The act or activity of one that reads. noun

The act or practice of rendering aloud written or printed matter. noun

An official or public recitation of written material. noun

The specific form of a particular passage in a text. noun

The distinctive interpretation of a work of performing art given by the person or persons performing it. noun

An interpretation or appraisal. noun

Written or printed material. noun

The information indicated by a gauge or graduated instrument. noun

Inclined to read; having a taste for reading; of a studious disposition: as, a reading community.

The act of interpreting; interpretation; exposition, as of a riddle or dream; interpretation of signs, marks, or the like; a rendering or discovery of what is signified by the state or marking of an instrument, by arbitrary signs of any kind, or by the existing condition or action of anything: as, the readings of a steam-indicator; a correct reading of the sky (as to weather), or of a person's countenance or proceedings. noun

The particular interpretation given to a composition of any kind, an event or a series of events, etc.; also, a rendering in speech, act, or performance; delineation; representation. noun

The act of perusing that which is written or printed; perusal. noun

The utterance or recital of recorded words, either from the record (as a printed page) or from memory; specifically, a public lection or lecture: as, to give readings from the poets, or upon law or philosophy. See read, intransitive verb, 6. noun

That which is read or to be read; any written or printed medium of thought or intelligence; recorded matter or material. noun

The indication of a graduated instrument: as, the reading of a barometer. noun

Textual structure or construction; a form, expression, or collocation in a writing, or in a particular copy or impression of it; a version: as, the various readings of a passage in Shakspere; the reading seems to be corrupt. noun

The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read. noun

Study of books; literary scholarship. noun

A lecture or prelection; public recital. noun

To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.

To read work(s) written by (a named author).

To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.

To consist of certain text.

Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.

To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.

(usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.

To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)

(except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.

To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).

To think, believe; to consider (that).

To advise; to counsel. See rede.

To tell; to declare; to recite.

To recognise (someone) as being transgender.

To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.

The act of sampling information into discrete data structures in order to enable fidelity with respect to subsequent time. See inverse: writing See a synonym: inputting See an antonym: outputting Urban Dictionary

A limerick city term for talking about someone behind their back Urban Dictionary

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Code for Masterbateing . Urban Dictionary

The biggest waste of a highschoolers time. most kids these days have more important things to do like playing WOW or going outside and larping. i mean really who thinks that real kids are going to spend a perfectly good summer day inside reading when they could be sitting on there ass, eating, cheetoes, naked, with a floaty around their waist, playing halo on Live. Urban Dictionary

1. What boring people do to get more boring. 2. A waste of time 3. A way of knowing what films are about without actually getting the fun of watching the film. 4. A crap football team with a legend owner 5. The greatest rock festival in the world (see reading festival) Urban Dictionary

An instance in which 2 people read (drag, roast, insult) each other for filth. Urban Dictionary

In gay culture, the act of pointing out a flaw in someone else (usually publicly and in front of them) and exaggerating it. Urban Dictionary

When someone receives one or more text messages from another person but doesn’t respond, they’re leaving the sender on read. As in, the sender can see that their texts were read, but there’s no reply. (Pronounced as “on red.”) Urban Dictionary

Verb a. To formally introduce or indoctrinate an individual to a sensitive program. b. To inform another individual of a personal secret. noun a. The occasion of reading someone into something. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to reading:
reading, leading, heading, rearing, beading, reaping, rending, treading, reaming, dreading, breading, readying, reeding, redding, reaving, reding, deading, roading, yeading.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word reading:
aliyah, math, comprehension, grade, aloud, berkshire, algebra, mathematics, grades, skills, pupils, demonstrated, achievement, writing, exam, biology, level, read, moses, showed, leeds, literature, science, listening, literacy, reader, room, pennsylvania, enrollment, readers, sat, bible, tested, elementary, text, instruction, rooms, books, eighth, script, korean, library, students, tests.

Words that rhyme with reading:
preceding, proceeding, wedding, leading, breeding, heading, bedding, misleading, pleading, succeeding, sledding, bleeding, feeding, seeding, proofreading, shedding, impeding, beading, receding, exceeding, ceding, weeding, spreading, acceding, threading, shredding, speeding, treading, conceding, beheading, inbreeding, steading, dreading, needing, spearheading, heeding, kneading, cheerleading, breading, seceding, featherbedding, superseding, interceding, legal proceeding, rereading, reeding, redding, cleading, misreading, sheading, stampeding, tedding, reding, retreading, deeding, special pleading, judicial proceeding, affirmative pleading, horse breeding, cattle breeding, defective pleading, dog breeding, kaeding, alternative pleading, hedding, bed hung, bleed ing, breed ing, dread hung, ed ing, feed ing, fred hung, head hung, instead hung, lead ing, overhead hung, preceeding, proceed ing, read ing, spread dung, spread ing, thread hung, weed hung.

Adjectives that are often used to describe reading:
further, second, first, worth, careful, oral, third, silent, critical, close, interesting, wide, additional, extensive, correct, easy, much, direct, true, proof, independent, literal, accurate, pleasant, supplementary, remedial, fascinating, initial, light, alternative, collateral, cursory, lip, rapid, essential, mere, daily, outside, recreational, casual, mind, superficial, delightful, difficult, novel, pre, false, dull, continuous, thorough, easier, feminist, intensive, closer.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective reading:
room, book, levinas, rooms, english, writing, books, study, thinking, activities, tests, lesson, spelling, lessons, skills, desk, questions, course, test, literature, recitation, strategies, free, language, readiness, sappho, the, related, comprehension, method, exercises, ease, line, ability, lists, cards, reflection, list, instruments, focus, write, matter, boom, aloud, pupil, emphasis, jersey, for, scales, learning, program, berks, rods, dictation, contracts, new, courses, records, road, text, series, jena, realism, london, based, circle, novels, ayes, clubs, basingstoke, rod, plato, allentown, abilities, textbooks, grade, glass, arithmetic, committee, retarded.

Consonant match to reading:
riding, raiding, ridding, reeding, redding, reding, rodding, rawding, read ing, ruding.

Words that sound like reading:
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