read

Noun

• something that is read
  • the article was a very good read
    

Verb

• make sense of a language
  • She understands French
    
  • Can you read Greek?
    

• to hear and understand
  • I read you loud and clear!
    

• audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
  • He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
    

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
  • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
    
  • The gauge read `empty'
    

• be a student of a certain subject
  • She is reading for the bar exam
    

• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
  • I read this address as a satire
    
  • How should I take this message?
    
  • You can't take credit for this!
    

• interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
  • She read the sky and predicted rain
    
  • I can't read his strange behavior
    
  • The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball
    

• obtain data from magnetic tapes
  • This dictionary can be read by the computer
    

• look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
  • The King will read the proclamation at noon
    

• have or contain a certain wording or form
  • The passage reads as follows
    
  • What does the law say?
    

• interpret something that is written or printed
  • read the advertisement
    
  • Have you read Salman Rushdie?
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  understand , interpret , translate , register , show , record , learn , study , take , scan , say