reading

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.

“All right, class, who wants to read next?”

To read work(s) written by (a named author).

“At the moment I'm reading Milton.”

To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.

“I can read his feelings in his face.”

To consist of certain text.

“On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance".”

Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.

“Arabic reads right to left.”

To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.

(usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.

To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

“Do you read me?”

To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)

“A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance.”

(except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.

“I am reading theology at university.”

To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).

“to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard”

To think, believe; to consider (that).

To advise; to counsel. See rede.

To tell; to declare; to recite.

To recognise (someone) as being transgender.

“Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.”

To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.

The process of interpreting written language.

The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.

A value indicated by a measuring device.

“a speedometer reading.”

An event at which written material is read aloud.

“a poetry reading.”

An interpretation.

“a reading of the current situation.”

Something to read; reading material.

The extent of what one has read.

“He's a man of good reading.”

(legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.

A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible