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How to pronounce read in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms say
Type of have, feature


The passage reads as follows.
Type Words
Synonyms interpret, translate, understand
Type of understand


Can you read Greek?.
Type Words
Synonyms scan
Type of interpret, construe, see
Has types misread


This dictionary can be read by the computer.
Type Words
Synonyms record, register, show
Type of indicate
Has types strike, show, say
Derivation reading


The gauge read `empty'.
Type Words
Synonyms take
Type of interpret, construe, see
Has types misinterpret, misread
Derivation reading


I read this address as a satire.
Type Words
Synonyms learn, study, take
Has types drill, prepare, practise, practice, audit, exercise, train


She is reading for the bar exam.
Type Words
Type of try out, audition
Type Words
Type of construe, interpret, see
Has types lipread, anagram, anagrammatise, anagrammatize, decipher, dip into, lip-read, reread, skim, skim over, speech-read, trace
Verb group say
Derivation reader, reading


read the advertisement.
Have you read Salman Rushdie?.
Type Words
Type of prognosticate, foretell, predict, call, promise, forebode, anticipate
Has types scry
Verb group take


She read the sky and predicted rain.
I can't read his strange behavior.
The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball.
Type Words
Type of verbalize, mouth, utter, speak, verbalise, talk
Has types numerate, dictate, call
Derivation reading, reader


The King will read the proclamation at noon.
Type Words
Type of publication


the article was a very good read.
Type Words
Type of understand
Verb group take


I read you loud and clear!.

Examples of read

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I was shocked last week to read that you thought it was a letdown to the series.
From the stltoday.com
Look for products in the natural foods section of your markets, and read labels.
From the thenewstribune.com
Children will read a book with the staff and make a recycled craft to take home.
From the news-journalonline.com
If you do not need to read the e-book you can view your training videos instead.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Would you prefer Denney and Co. read it first before hearing it from their boss?
From the omaha.com
All we read now is who will be the Broncos'first-string quarterback in the fall.
From the denverpost.com
Kindle books can be read on gadgets including laptops, tablets and smart phones.
From the abcnews.go.com
I tend not to re-read books, but somehow this one draws me back again and again.
From the online.wsj.com
As I read it I found it was a card given to Patty and Joe by a friend of theirs.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • Interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
  • Something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
  • Have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
  • Obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • 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"
  • Take: 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!"
  • READ Magazine is a children's classroom magazine for grades 6-10, published by Weekly Reader Corporation. It includes a mix of classic and contemporary fiction and nonfiction, including plays, personal narratives, poetry, and more to help build reading comprehension and verbal skills.
  • Read is a surname of English origins.
  • Passing refers to a person's ability to be regarded as a member of the sex or gender with which they physically present.Julia Serano. Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity, Seal Press, 2007. ...