read
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Verb 4 meanings
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
“Have you read this book?”
To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
“He read us a passage from his new book.”
To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
“She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.”
To consist of certain text.
“On the door hung a sign that read "No admittance".”
Noun 4 meanings
A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
“I had a read of the evening papers.”
Something to be read; a written work.
“His thrillers are always a gripping read.”
A person's interpretation or impression of something.
“What's your read of the current political situation?”
An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
Etymology
From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”).
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READ at a glance
READ has 4 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (R 1 + E 1 + A 1 + D 2) and 5 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #250 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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