Read

//ɹid//

Synonyms for "read" (145 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (29)

learn interpret take understand absorb announce appreciate apprehend assign to assimilate be with one bone burn the midnight oil carry catch catch on comprehend con conceive construe

Show 2 more words

contemplate copy

Verb(7 words)

interpret learn say scan study understand clock

Strong matches (44)

How these synonyms differ

browse - 'Browse' is leisurely and uncommitted, you browse a bookshop or a website without a specific target in mind.
peruse - 'Peruse' is often misused to mean skim, but it traditionally means reading carefully and thoroughly, the opposite of a casual glance.
scan - 'Scan' is reading for speed, your eyes sweep across the text looking for specific information rather than absorbing every word.
study - 'Study' implies reading with purpose and effort, actively engaging with the text to learn and retain, not just to consume.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

20 relation types

More general

25 entries

act anticipate audition call construe feature forebode foretell have indicate interpret mouth move predict prognosticate promise

Showing 16 of 25 words.

More specific

1 entries

skim

Antonyms

5 entries

ignore illiterate pass speak write

Synonyms

6 entries

copy interpret learn read out take understand

Related terms

1 entries

English terms starting with

at location

1 entries

mail box

capable of

1 entries

page through book

derived

126 entries

RTFM Readville WORM/write once, read many aread arread backread beach read beread beta-read book-read chemistry read cold read copyread counterread destructive read

Showing 16 of 126 words.

distinct from

1 entries

write

etymologically related_to

1 entries

rede

has context

8 entries

at first especially in black commonwealth computing ironic lgbt performing arts telecommunications transgender

has first_subevent

5 entries

choose book get document get good book open book open eyes

has last_subevent

5 entries

close book contemplate put away book put book down sleeping

has prerequisite

29 entries

alfabetized buy book find book find book and open find book like find glasses get book get book and open get book from library get newspaper go to library have book have written materials in well lighted area learn alphabet learn to read

Showing 16 of 29 words.

has subevent

15 entries

becoming absorbed enjoy yourself falling asleep having fun imagination used learn learn new things learn new words memorize might learn new information move eyes select to read turn page turn pages use eyes

is a

1 entries

publication

manner of

7 entries

audition have indicate interpret predict talk understand

motivated by_goal

12 entries

appear cultured to opposite sex appreciate great works of fiction bored entertained expand knowledge get information improove know how lawyer told to learn like chekov makes wiser wanted to gain information

related to

105 entries

absorb absorb book action activity articles be literate believe book book action book activity book consuming book look book looking book related book technique booking

Showing 16 of 105 words.

similar

2 entries

say take

Translations

570 translations across 224 languages.

Afrikaans

2 entries

lees verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lees verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Ahom

1 entries

𑜒𑜃𑜫 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Albanian

3 entries

lexoj verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lexon verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
zgledh verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Aleut

1 entries

hilal verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Amharic

1 entries

ማንበብ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

προαναγιγνώσκω verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
ἀναγιγνώσκω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ἀναγιγνώσκω verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
ἀναλέγω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Arabic

4 entries

قرا verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
قَرَأَ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
قَرَأَ verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
قَرَا verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Aragonese

1 entries

leyer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Armenian

4 entries

ընթերցել verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ընթերցել verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
կարդալ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
կարդալ verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Aromanian

3 entries

dyivãsescu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ghivãsescu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
yivãsescu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Assamese

1 entries

পঢ় verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Asturian

3 entries

lleer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lleer verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lleer verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Azerbaijani

1 entries

oxumaq verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Bangi

1 entries

tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Bashkir

4 entries

уҡый белеү verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
уҡыу verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
уҡыу verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
уҡыу verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Basque

4 entries

atzeman verb (of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way)
irakurri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
irakurri verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
leitu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Bavarian German

1 entries

lesn verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Belarusian

3 entries

прачыта́ць verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
чыта́ць verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
чыта́ць verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Bengali

1 entries

পড়া verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Bhojpuri

1 entries

पढ़ल verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Breton

2 entries

lenn verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lenn verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Bulgarian

4 entries

че́тене noun (a reading or an act of reading)
четиво noun (a reading or an act of reading)
глася́ verb (to consist of certain text)
изуча́вам verb (to make a study of)

Burmese

3 entries

စာဖတ် verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ဖတ် verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ဖတ် verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Catalan

4 entries

estudiar verb (to make a study of)
llegir verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
llegir verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
llegir verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Central Atlas Tamazight

1 entries

ɣer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Central Dusun

1 entries

basa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

خوێندن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
خوێندن verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
خوێندن verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Chechen

2 entries

деша verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
еша verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᎪᎵᏰᎠ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Cheyenne

1 entries

hoéstá verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Chinese

4 entries

дў verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
кан verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
нян verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

念 verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
看 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
讀 /读 verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Chukchi

1 entries

калевэтгавык verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Church Slavic

2 entries

читати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
чьтати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Chuukese

1 entries

anneani verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Chuvash

1 entries

вула verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Cornish

2 entries

lenna verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
redya verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Corsican

1 entries

leghja verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Czech

4 entries

být gramotný verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
předčítat verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
číst verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
číst verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Danish

2 entries

læse verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
læse verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Dari

3 entries

خوانْدَن verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
خوانْدَن verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
خوَانْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Dutch

4 entries

gelezen worden verb (of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way)
horen verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
lezen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lezen verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Eastern Khanty

1 entries

ԓө̆ӈәтта verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Elfdalian

1 entries

leså verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Esperanto

4 entries

laŭtlegi verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
legi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
legi verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
legi verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Estonian

4 entries

kuulma verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
lugema verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lugema verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lugema verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Even

1 entries

таӈ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Evenki

1 entries

таң verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Extremaduran

2 entries

leel verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
leyel verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Faroese

3 entries

lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lesa verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lesa verb (to make a study of)

Fijian

1 entries

wilika verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Finnish

4 entries

kuulla verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
lukea verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lukea verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lukea verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

French

4 entries

lecture noun (a reading or an act of reading)
lire verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lire verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lire verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Galician

2 entries

ler verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ler verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Gan Chinese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Georgian

2 entries

კითხვა verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
კითხვა verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

German

4 entries

gelesen werden verb (of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way)
hören verb (to make a study of)
lesen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lesen können verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Gothic

2 entries

𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Greek

3 entries

γράφω verb (to consist of certain text)
διαβάζω verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
διαβάζω verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Greenlandic

2 entries

atuarpaa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
atuarpoq verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Gujarati

1 entries

વાંચવું verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

li verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Hausa

1 entries

kar̃àntā verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Hawaiian

2 entries

heluhelu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
heluhelu verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Hebrew

3 entries

הקריא verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
קָרָא verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
קרא verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Hindi

4 entries

पढ़ना noun (a reading or an act of reading)
पढ़ना verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
पढ़ना verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
पढ़ना verb (to make a study of)

Hungarian

4 entries

felolvasás noun (a reading or an act of reading)
olvasat noun (a person's interpretation or impression of something)
olvasmány noun ((in combination) something to be read; a written work)
olvasnivaló noun ((in combination) something to be read; a written work)

Hunsrik

1 entries

lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Icelandic

3 entries

lesning noun (a reading or an act of reading)
lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lesa verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Ido

1 entries

lektar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Ifè

1 entries

kã̀ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Igala

1 entries

gba verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Igbo

1 entries

gụ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Indonesian

4 entries

baca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
baca verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
baca verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
baca verb (to fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.))

Ingrian

1 entries

lukkia verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Ingush

1 entries

деша verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

خوانْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
خوانْدَن verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
خوانْدَن verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
خونْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Irish

3 entries

léigh verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
léigh verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
léigh verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Isoko

1 entries

se verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Istriot

1 entries

lezi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Italian

4 entries

leggere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
leggere verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
leggere verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
leggere ad alta voce verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Japanese

4 entries

読み上げる verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
読む verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
読む verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
読む verb (to imagine sequences of moves)

Javanese

1 entries

maca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Jeju

1 entries

익다 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Jin Chinese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Kabyle

1 entries

ɣer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Kaitag

1 entries

булчӏа́на verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Kashmiri

2 entries

پَرُن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
پَرُن verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Kazakh

1 entries

оқу verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Khiamniungan Naga

4 entries

vì verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
vì verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
vì verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
vì verb (to make a study of)

Khmer

4 entries

មើល verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
មើល verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
អាន verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
អាន verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Kildin Sami

1 entries

ло̄гкэ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Kituba

1 entries

tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Kongo

1 entries

tánga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Konkani

1 entries

वाजचे verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Korean

2 entries

읽다 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
읽다 verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

окуу verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Ladino

1 entries

meldar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Lao

1 entries

ອ່ານ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Latgalian

1 entries

skaiteit verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Latin

4 entries

lego verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)
legor verb (of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way)
legō verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
recitō verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Latvian

3 entries

lasīt verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lasīt verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lasīt verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Limburgish

1 entries

leuze verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Lingala

2 entries

tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
tánga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Lithuanian

2 entries

skaityti verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
skaityti verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Lombard

1 entries

leg verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Louisiana Creole

1 entries

lir verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Lower Sorbian

1 entries

cytaś verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Lucumí

2 entries

kawé verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ká verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Lutuv

2 entries

cape verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Luxembourgish

1 entries

liesen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Lü

1 entries

ᦀᦱᧃᧈ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Macedonian

1 entries

чита verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Malay

2 entries

baca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
baca verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Malayalam

3 entries

പഠിക്കുക verb (to make a study of)
വായന verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
വായിക്കുക verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Maltese

2 entries

qara verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
qara verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Manchu

2 entries

ᡥᡡᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
ᡨᡠ᠋ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Mansaka

1 entries

basa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Manx

4 entries

lhaih noun (a reading or an act of reading)
lhaih verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lhaih verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lhaih verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

usoma verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Marathi

1 entries

वाचणे verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Middle English

1 entries

reden verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Middle French

1 entries

lire verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Middle Korean

1 entries

닑다〮 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Minangkabau

1 entries

baco verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Mongo

1 entries

tanga verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Mongolian

4 entries

унших verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
унших verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠬᠤ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠬᠤ verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Māori

3 entries

kōrero verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
pānui verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
rīti verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Nahuatl

2 entries

machtia verb (to make a study of)
pōhua verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Navajo

1 entries

ółtaʼ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Neapolitan

1 entries

legge verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Nepali

3 entries

पढ्नु verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
पढ्नु verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
वाचन गर्नु verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries

usoma verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
usomea verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Nigerian Pidgin

1 entries

rid verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Norman

3 entries

liéthe verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
liéthe verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
liéthe verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

North Frisian

2 entries

lees verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
leese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Northern Kurdish

4 entries

bihîstin verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
bîstin verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
vekolîn verb (to make a study of)
xwandin verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Northern Min Chinese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Northern Sami

1 entries

lohkat verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᩋ᩵ᩣ᩠ᨶ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

forstå verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
høre verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lese verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries

lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lesa verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
lesa verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Occitan

1 entries

legir verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Odia

1 entries

ପଢିବା verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Okinawan

1 entries

読むん verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

читати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Old English

1 entries

rǣdan verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Old French

1 entries

lire verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Old Javanese

1 entries

waca verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Old Saxon

1 entries

lesan verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Old Spanish

1 entries

leer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Olukumi

1 entries

kà verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Oromo

1 entries

beekuu verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Ottoman Turkish

3 entries

اوقومق verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
اوقومق verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
اوقومق verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Pannonian Rusyn

2 entries

пречитац verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
читац verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Papiamentu

1 entries

lesa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Pashto

1 entries

لوستل verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Persian

3 entries

خْوَانْدَن verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
خْوَانْدَن verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
خْوَانْدَن verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Piedmontese

2 entries

lese verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lese verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Polish

4 entries

lektura noun (a reading or an act of reading)
czytać verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
czytać verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
czytać verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Portuguese

4 entries

leitura noun (a reading or an act of reading)
ler noun (a reading or an act of reading)
lida noun (a reading or an act of reading)
copiar verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))

Punjabi

1 entries

ਵਾਚਣਾ verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Quechua

4 entries

liyiy verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
qillqaqhaway verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ñawilliy verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ñawinchay verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Romanian

4 entries

citire noun (a reading or an act of reading)
intonare noun (a reading or an act of reading)
lecturare noun (a reading or an act of reading)
a citi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Romansch

3 entries

ler verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
leɡer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
liɡer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Russian

4 entries

гласи́ть verb (to consist of certain text)
изуча́ть verb (to make a study of)
прочита́ть verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
прочита́ть verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Samoan

1 entries

faitau verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sanskrit

4 entries

पठति noun (a reading or an act of reading)
पठति verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
पठति verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
पठ् verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sardinian

4 entries

ligi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lègere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lèghere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lèzere verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Scots

2 entries

read verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
rede verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

leugh verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
leugh verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

čìtati verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
čìtati verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
чѝтати verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
чѝтати verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Shan

2 entries

လူလိၵ်ႈ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ဢၢၼ်ႇ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sicilian

4 entries

liggiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
liiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lèggiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lèiri verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sindhi

1 entries

پڙهڻ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sinhalese

1 entries

කියවනවා verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Slovak

2 entries

čítať verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
čítať verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Slovene

3 entries

brati verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
brati verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
čìtati verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sotho

2 entries

bala verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
bala verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Southern Altai

1 entries

кычырар verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Spanish

4 entries

lectura noun (a reading or an act of reading)
decir verb (to consist of certain text)
entenderse verb (of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way)
estudiar verb (to make a study of)

Sranan Tongo

1 entries

leisi verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Swahili

3 entries

kusoma verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
kusomea verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
soma verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Swedish

4 entries

läsning noun (a reading or an act of reading)
förstå verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
höra verb (to be able to hear (in a radio connection))
läsa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sylheti

1 entries

ꠙꠠꠣ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Tagalog

4 entries

aralin verb (to make a study of)
basahin verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
basahin verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
bumasa verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Tahitian

2 entries

taió verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
taió verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Tai Dam

1 entries

ꪮ꪿ꪱꪙ verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Tajik

1 entries

хондан verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Talysh

1 entries

hande verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Tamil

4 entries

ஓது verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
படி verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
படி verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
படி verb (to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from)

Tat

1 entries

xundən verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Tatar

1 entries

укырга verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Telugu

2 entries

చదువు verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
వల్లెవేయు verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Tetum

1 entries

lee verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Thai

3 entries

อ่าน verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
อ่าน verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
อ่านออกเสียง verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Tibetan

2 entries

ཀློག verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
ལྗགས་ཀློག verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Tongan

1 entries

laua verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Turkish

3 entries

okumak verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
okumak verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
okumak verb (to make a study of)

Turkmen

1 entries

okamak verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Ukrainian

2 entries

прочита́ти verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
чита́ти verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

čitać verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Urdu

2 entries

پَڑْھنا verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
پَڑْھنا verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئوقۇماق verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Uzbek

1 entries

oʻqimoq verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Venetan

4 entries

lezar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lezer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
leđer verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lèxar verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Vietnamese

4 entries

chỉ verb (to consist of certain text)
ghi verb (of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way)
học verb (to make a study of)
nghiên cứu verb (to make a study of)

Vilamovian

1 entries

łaoza verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Volapük

1 entries

reidön verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Walloon

1 entries

lére verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Welsh

2 entries

darllen verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
darllen verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

West Flemish

1 entries

leezn verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

West-Frisian

2 entries

lêze verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
lêze verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Wu Chinese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Xiang Chinese

1 entries

讀 /读 verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Yakut

1 entries

аах verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Yiddish

4 entries

לייענען verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
לייענען verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)
לעזן verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
לעזן verb (to speak aloud words or other information that is written)

Yoruba

2 entries

kà verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
kàwé verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Yucatec Maya

1 entries

xook verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Zhuang

2 entries

doeg verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)
dog verb (to look at and interpret letters or other information)

Sample sentences

58 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Take a book and read it.

Source: tatoeba (1803)

I read a book while eating.

Source: tatoeba (1881)

An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.

Source: tatoeba (1902)

Professors should explain everything in detail, not be succinct and always tell students to go home and read their books.

Source: tatoeba (1954)

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