I tend to look at the pictures before reading the text.
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Reading
//ˈɹiːdɪŋ//
Synonyms for "reading" (191 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (39)
Strong matches (57)
culturedebatedeclamationdefinitiondegreedescriptiondiagnosisdiatribediplomatic textdisplaydm displaydonnishnessdoppler signaldouble-dot displaydrillechoecho signaledited texteditionelementary education
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elementsengrossmenteruditenesseruditioneulogyexerciseexhortationextensive studyfilibusterforensicforensic addressformal speechfuneral orationgaugegraduated scalegrindgrindingharangueheadworkhornbookhortatory addresshumanismhumanistic scholarshipif signalim displayinauguralinaugural addressinitiationinspectionintellectualismintellectualityintroductioninvectivejeremiadlearnedness
Noun(2 words)
Related words (95)
lectionlessonlettersliteracylocal oscillator signallucubrationmeaningmeasuremental labormodelnarrationnormnormalized textorationoutput signalparameterpatternpedantismpedantrypep talk
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pericopeperorationperusalphilippicpicturepippipspitchpracticeprepared speechprepared textprimerpublic speechquantityradar signalreadoutrecitalreflectionrenderingrenditionrestudyrestudyingreturnreturn signalreviewrf echoesrudimentsrulesales talksalutatorysalutatory addresssayscalescholarly editionscholarshipscreedset speechsignalsignal displayspeechspeechificationspeechingspotstandardstudystudyingsubjectswottingtalktalkathontarget imagetesttexttiradetouchstonetracetransmitter signaltypeunderstandingvaledictionvaledictoryvaledictory addressvaluevariantversionvideo signalway of seeingwide readingyardstick
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More general
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Antonyms
8 entriesSynonyms
2 entriescapable of
8 entriescauses
33 entriesShowing 16 of 33 words.
causes desire
2 entriesdefined as
2 entriesderived
52 entriesShowing 16 of 52 words.
derived from
1 entriesdistinct from
2 entriesform of
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
1 entrieshas prerequisite
16 entrieshas property
6 entrieshas subevent
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
is a
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
part of
2 entriesreceives action
1 entriesrelated to
271 entriesShowing 16 of 271 words.
used for
36 entriesShowing 16 of 36 words.
Translations
164 translations across 69 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- lesing noun (process of interpreting written language)
- oplesing noun (process of interpreting written language)
Albanian
1 entries- lexim noun (process of interpreting written language)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἀνάγνωσις noun (process of interpreting written language)
- ἀνάγνωσις noun (event at which material is read aloud)
Arabic
4 entries- قراية noun (process of interpreting written language)
- قِرَاءَة noun (process of interpreting written language)
- قِرَاءَة noun (interpretation)
- مُطَالَعَة noun (process of interpreting written language)
Armenian
2 entries- ընթերցանություն noun (process of interpreting written language)
- ընթերցում noun (process of interpreting written language)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- mütaliə noun (process of interpreting written language)
- oxu noun (process of interpreting written language)
- oxuma noun (process of interpreting written language)
- qiraət noun (process of interpreting written language)
Belarusian
2 entries- чыта́нне noun (process of interpreting written language)
- чыта́ньне noun (process of interpreting written language)
Bengali
1 entries- পড়া noun (process of interpreting written language)
Bulgarian
4 entries- Рединг name (the town)
- показание noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
- тълкуване noun (interpretation)
- че́тене noun (process of interpreting written language)
Burmese
2 entries- စာဖတ်ခြင်း noun (process of interpreting written language)
- အဖတ် noun (process of interpreting written language)
Buryat
1 entries- уншалга noun (process of interpreting written language)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 雷丁 name (the town)
- 讀書 /读书 noun (process of interpreting written language)
- 讀音 /读音 noun (pronunciation associated with a particular character or word)
- 读数 noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
Czech
2 entries- čtení noun (process of interpreting written language)
- čtení noun (process of interpreting a symbol)
Danish
4 entries- Reading name (the town)
- aflæsning noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
- forelæsning noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- fortolkning noun (interpretation)
Dutch
4 entries- Reading name (the town)
- lezen noun (process of interpreting written language)
- lezing noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
- uitlezing noun (process of interpreting a symbol)
Esperanto
2 entries- Reading name (the town)
- legado noun (process of interpreting written language)
Estonian
1 entries- lugemine noun (process of interpreting written language)
Faroese
2 entries- lesing noun (process of interpreting written language)
- lestur noun (process of interpreting written language)
Finnish
4 entries- ensimmäinen käsittely noun (one of several stages a bill passes through)
- lausunta noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- lukema noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
- lukeminen noun (process of interpreting written language)
French
2 entries- Reading name (the town)
- lecture noun (process of interpreting written language)
German
4 entries- Reading name (the town)
- Beratung noun (one of several stages a bill passes through)
- Gedichtlesung noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- Lesen noun (process of interpreting written language)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍄𐌾𐍉 noun (a piece read to an audience)
Greek
1 entries- Ρέντινγκ name (the town)
Gujarati
1 entries- અર્થઘટન noun (interpretation)
Hebrew
1 entries- קְרִיאָה noun (process of interpreting written language)
Hindi
1 entries- पढ़ना noun (process of interpreting written language)
Hungarian
4 entries- felolvasás noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- leolvasott érték noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
- mérőóraállás noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
- olvasat noun (interpretation)
Icelandic
1 entries- lestur noun (process of interpreting written language)
Ido
1 entries- lektado noun (process of interpreting written language)
Indonesian
1 entries- kemampuan membaca noun (process of interpreting written language)
Irish
1 entries- léitheoireacht noun (process of interpreting written language)
Italian
4 entries- interpretare noun (process of interpreting a symbol)
- interpretazione noun (process of interpreting a symbol)
- interpretazione noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- lettura noun (process of interpreting written language)
Japanese
4 entries- リーディング noun (process of interpreting written language)
- 読み noun (act or process of imagining sequences of moves)
- 読むこと noun (process of interpreting written language)
- 読書 noun (process of interpreting written language)
Kazakh
1 entries- оқу noun (process of interpreting written language)
Khmer
1 entries- អំណាន noun (process of interpreting written language)
Korean
2 entries- 독서 noun (process of interpreting written language)
- 읽기 noun (process of interpreting written language)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- окуу noun (process of interpreting written language)
Ladino
1 entries- meldadura noun (process of interpreting written language)
Lao
1 entries- ການອ່ານ noun (process of interpreting written language)
Latin
1 entries- lectiō noun (process of interpreting written language)
Latvian
1 entries- lasījums noun (process of interpreting written language)
Lithuanian
1 entries- skaitymas noun (process of interpreting written language)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- cytanje noun (process of interpreting written language)
Macedonian
2 entries- Рединг name (the town)
- читање noun (process of interpreting written language)
Malayalam
2 entries- വായന noun (process of interpreting written language)
- വായന noun (event at which material is read aloud)
Mongolian
2 entries- уншлага noun (process of interpreting written language)
- ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠯᠭᠠ noun (process of interpreting written language)
Māori
1 entries- tuhinga noun (a piece read to an audience)
Navajo
1 entries- óltaʼ noun (process of interpreting written language)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- lesing noun (process of interpreting written language)
- lesning noun (event at which material is read aloud)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lesing noun (process of interpreting written language)
Persian
4 entries- خواندن noun (process of interpreting written language)
- خوانی noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- قرائت noun (process of interpreting written language)
- مطالعه noun (process of interpreting written language)
Polish
4 entries- Reading name (the town)
- czytanie noun (process of interpreting written language)
- czytanie noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- czytanie noun (one of several stages a bill passes through)
Portuguese
2 entries- leitura noun (process of interpreting written language)
- leitura noun (process of interpreting a symbol)
Romanian
2 entries- citire noun (process of interpreting written language)
- lectură noun (process of interpreting written language)
Russian
4 entries- показа́ние noun (value indicated by a measuring device)
- толкова́ние noun (interpretation)
- чте́ние noun (process of interpreting written language)
- чте́ние noun (process of interpreting a symbol)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- čìtānje noun (process of interpreting written language)
- čìtānje noun (process of interpreting a symbol)
- čìtānje noun (event at which material is read aloud)
- читање noun (process of interpreting written language)
Slovak
1 entries- čítanie noun (process of interpreting written language)
Slovene
1 entries- branje noun (process of interpreting written language)
Spanish
2 entries- lectura noun (process of interpreting written language)
- leída noun (process of interpreting written language)
Swedish
1 entries- läsning noun (process of interpreting written language)
Tajik
4 entries- мутолиа noun (process of interpreting written language)
- хондан noun (process of interpreting written language)
- хониш noun (process of interpreting written language)
- қироат noun (process of interpreting written language)
Telugu
2 entries- రెడ్డిఙ్ name (the town)
- చదువు noun (process of interpreting written language)
Thai
1 entries- การอ่าน noun (process of interpreting written language)
Turkish
3 entries- kıraat noun (process of interpreting written language)
- okuma noun (process of interpreting written language)
- okuma noun (event at which material is read aloud)
Tuvan
2 entries- номчулга noun (process of interpreting written language)
- номчууру noun (process of interpreting written language)
Ukrainian
2 entries- чита́ння noun (process of interpreting written language)
- чита́ння noun (one of several stages a bill passes through)
Uzbek
1 entries- oʻqish noun (process of interpreting written language)
Vietnamese
1 entries- sự đọc noun (process of interpreting written language)
Yiddish
1 entries- לייענונג noun (process of interpreting written language)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
He spent the evening reading a book.
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He learned the news while reading the newspaper.
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When I was a child, I would spend hours reading alone in my room.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.