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reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | reading material |
| Type of | black and white, written communication, written language |
| Has types | bumph, bumf |
the teacher assigned new readings.
he bought some reading material at the airport.
reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | recital, recitation |
| Type of | oral presentation, speaking, speechmaking, public speaking |
| Has types | declamation |
| Derivation | read |
reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | indication, meter reading |
| Type of | datum, data point |
| Has types | clock time, miles per hour, mph, time |
| Derivation | read |
he could not believe the meter reading.
reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | interpretation, version |
| Type of | mental representation, internal representation, representation |
| Has types | reinterpretation, anagoge |
reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | meter reading |
| Type of | measure, measurement, measuring, mensuration |
| Derivation | read |
he has a job meter reading for the gas company.
reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|
reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | interpretation |
| Derivation | read |
on that reading it was an insult.
he was famous for his reading of Mozart.
reading::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | linguistic process, language |
| Has types | poring over, perusing, perusal, skimming, browsing, speed-reading, studying, browse, skim |
| Derivation | read |
his main reading was detective stories.
suggestions for further reading.
Examples of reading
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Guessing the gender of an unknown author became part of the pleasure of reading.
From the newsweek.com
Reading comprehension has improved as they have become more fluent and it's fun.
From the desmoinesregister.com
The students are making lots of growth and are enjoying reading lots of stories.
From the desmoinesregister.com
How about being videotaped reading a newspaper while waiting for the bikini wax.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Sudanese man reading the Bush memoirs finishes his sentence on July 7, 2012.
From the sacbee.com
Statewide, 69 percent of students scored proficient on last year's reading test.
From the omaha.com
Another smoke or two while re-reading slowed the pace and often caught mistakes.
From the denverpost.com
Many people, including Mike Van Houten, started reading comic books as children.
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What are we reading, exactly, my brothers and sisters in the Sheen Twitter cult?
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- The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
- A particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
- A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
- Written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"
- Interpretation: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
- Reading is an action performed by computers, to acquire data from a source and place it into their volatile memory for processing. For example, a computer may read information off a floppy disk and store it in random access memory to be placed on the hard drive to be processed at a future date. ...
- HM Prison Reading, formerly known as Reading Gaol, is Young Offenders Institution for male prisoners, located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison is operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service.
- A reading of a bill is a debate on the bill held before the general body of a legislature, as opposed to before a committee or other group. In the Westminster system, there are usually several readings of a bill among the stages it passes through before becoming law as an Act of Parliament. ...
