reading betydelse and definition

Betydelse av reading på svenska

• 0 the skill or activity of getting information from books:

  • Reading and tennis are my favourite pastimes.

  • The diaries make good (bedtime) reading (= are good to read (in bed at night)).

  • These books are compulsory/required reading for students of architecture.

  • The society often arranges poetry readings and musical evenings.

• 1 the way in which you understand something:

  • My reading of the situation is that John wanted any excuse to resign.

• 2 In a parliament, a reading of a new law is one of the stages of discussion before it is approved:

  • The Housing Bill was given its second reading in Parliament today.

• 3 the number or amount that a piece of measuring equipment shows:

  • a thermometer reading

• 4 the skill or activity of getting information from written words:

  • [ U ] Reading is my favorite pastime.

  • [ U ] These books are required reading for architecture students.

  • [ C ] a poetry reading

• 5 the way in which you understand something:

  • My reading of the situation is that John wanted an excuse to resign.