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read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

have or contain a certain wording or form

Type	Words
Synonyms	say
Type of	have, feature

The passage reads as follows.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

make sense of a language

Type	Words
Synonyms	interpret, translate, understand
Type of	understand

Can you read Greek?.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

Type	Words
Synonyms	scan
Type of	interpret, construe, see
Has types	misread

This dictionary can be read by the computer.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Type	Words
Synonyms	record, register, show
Type of	indicate
Has types	strike, show, say
Derivation	reading

The gauge read `empty'.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

Type	Words
Synonyms	take
Type of	interpret, construe, see
Has types	misinterpret, misread
Derivation	reading

I read this address as a satire.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

be a student of a certain subject

Type	Words
Synonyms	learn, study, take
Has types	drill, prepare, practise, practice, audit, exercise, train

She is reading for the bar exam.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

Type	Words
Type of	try out, audition

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

interpret something that is written or printed

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?.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

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.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

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.

read::noun | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

something that is read

Type	Words
Type of	publication

the article was a very good read.

read::verb | Spocien Dictionary

read

/rid/

to hear and understand

Type	Words
Type of	understand
Verb group	take

I read you loud and clear!.