0 to look at words or symbols and understand what they mean:
He spent a pleasant afternoon reading (the newspaper/a book).
It was too dark to read our map and we took a wrong turning.
Can you read music?
Your handwriting is so untidy I can't read it.
[ + (that) ] I've read in the newspapers (that) there is a threat of war.
Put your plastic card in the slot, and the machine will read it and identify who you are.
Some children can read (= have learned the skill of reading) by the age of four.
[ + two objects ] Their teacher always reads them a story at the end of the day.
She missed the train because she read 18.30 p.m. as 8.30 p.m. instead of 6.30 p.m.
If I've read the situation correctly, we should have some agreement on the contract by the end of the week.
Her latest novel reads well (= is written in an attractive way).
Do you read me?
Every night when I was a child my father used to read me to sleep.
1 (of something written or printed) to have or give the stated information or meaning:
[ + speech ] The start of the US Constitution reads "We, the people of the United States..."
The thermometer is reading 40°C in the shade.
2 to study at university or to study for a specialized qualification:
3 the act of reading something:
4 to obtain meaning or information by looking at written words or symbols:
5 to understand the meaning or intention of something:
6 to show or state information:
I didn't read the contract fully before I signed it but I'm counting the cost now.
The driver was peering into the distance trying to read the road sign.
None of the committee's proposals will matter a jot if no-one reads their report.
The effects of elevated train noise on reading ability.
I have three concerns after reading the book.
The book reads very well, it is informative and in some par ts even enter taining.
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