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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 readings
readings
In fact, they had been off by one decimal point for dozens of readings for days.
From the bostonherald.com
Readings above 50 indicate business expansion and below 50 point to contraction.
From the upi.com
So based on the pressure readings that we find, this could be 6, 24 or 48 hours.
From the sacbee.com
At 8, performances begin with poetry and monologue readings, comedy and singing.
From the timesunion.com
The readings are bare-bones productions, generally devoid of props and costumes.
From the toledoblade.com
Staged readings continue there Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays through Nov. 10.
From the dailyherald.com
Inspectors have taken numerous readings of the air, which show no contamination.
From the denverpost.com
The six-class idea already has passed two readings of the PIAA Board of Control.
From the post-gazette.com
It took them a couple of years to select the music, the readings and the images.
From the thenewstribune.com
- 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. ...
