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Read

//ɹid// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun

1
A surname from Old English, a less common spelling variant of Reid.
2
A male given name transferred from the surname.
3
A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7634).
4
A township in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.
5
A township in Butler County, Nebraska, United States.

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An unincorporated community in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.

Noun

1
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."
2
something that is read wordnet
3
Something to be read; a written work. in-compounds
"His thrillers are always a gripping read."
4
A person's interpretation or impression of something.
"What's your read of the current political situation?"
5
An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
"[As] Corey points out, "if you and I are both black queens then we can't call each other black queens because that's not a read. That's a [fact].""

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The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.

Verb

1
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. intransitive, transitive
"Have you read this book?"
2
simple past and past participle of read form-of, participle, past
3
make sense of a language wordnet
4
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.; To be understood or physically read in a specific way. ergative, intransitive, transitive
"Arabic reads right to left."
5
be a student of a certain subject wordnet

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To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.; To read a work or works written by the named author. intransitive, metonymically, transitive
"At the moment I'm reading Milton."
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to hear and understand wordnet
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To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object) intransitive, transitive
"He read us a passage from his new book."
9
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression wordnet
10
To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from. transitive
"She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water."
11
interpret something that is written or printed wordnet
12
To consist of certain text.
"On the door hung a sign that read "No admittance"."
13
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed wordnet
14
To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text. ergative
"In Livy, it is nearly certain that for Pylleon we should read Pteleon, as this place is mentioned in connection with Antron."
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interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior wordnet
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To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text.; Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning. broadly, ergative, humorous, imperative, ironic, usually
"Our school focuses primarily on the liberal arts (read "useless degrees")."
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obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources wordnet
18
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection. transitive
"Do you read me?"
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indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments wordnet
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To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal). transitive
"A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance."
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audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role wordnet
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To study (a subject) at a high level, especially at university. Commonwealth, transitive
"I am reading theology at university."
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have or contain a certain wording or form wordnet
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To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.). transitive
"to read a hard disk"
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To recognise (someone) as being transgender. transitive
"Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me."
26
To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in a playful, taunting, or insulting way.
"I've seen drags "read" an unattractive transsexual until she was almost in tears."
27
To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
28
To think, believe; to consider (that). obsolete
"But now, faire Ladie, comfort to you make, / And read[…] / That short reuenge the man may ouertake […]"
29
To advise; to counsel. See rede. obsolete
"[T]herfore / I red the [thee] / gete the [thee] to Gods vvorde ãd [and] therby trye all doctrine and agenſt that receave nothinge."
30
To tell; to declare; to recite. obsolete
"But read how art thou named, and of what kin."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”). Cognate with Scots rede, red (“to advise, counsel, decipher, read”), Saterland Frisian räide (“to advise, counsel”), West Frisian riede (“to advise, counsel”), Dutch raden (“to advise; guess”), German raten (“to advise; guess”), Danish råde (“to advise”), Swedish råda (“to advise, counsel”), Persian رده (rade, “to order, to arrange, class”). In West Germanic the verb had a sense “interpret”, which developed further into “interpret letters” in English and “interpret by intuition, guess” on the continent. Compare rede.

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

From Middle English redde (simple past), red, rad (past participle), from Old English rǣdde (simple past), (ġe)rǣded (past participle), conjugations of rǣdan (“to read”); see above.

Etymology 4

English and Scottish surname, variant of Reed.

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