Word: Reading
How to pronounce: ˈriːdɪŋ
How to pronounce: riːd
Noun
Definitions:
1. The action or skill of reading written or printed matter silently or aloud.
Example sentences: "The reading of a will"
2. An occasion at which poetry or other pieces of literature are read aloud to an audience.
Example sentences: "A poetry reading"
3. An interpretation.
Example sentences: "Feminist readings of Goethe"
4. A figure or amount shown by a meter or other measuring instrument.
Example sentences: "Radiation readings were taken every hour"
5. A stage of debate in parliament through which a Bill must pass before it can become law.
Example sentences: "The Bill returns to the House for its final reading next week"
Proper noun
Definitions:
1. A town in southern England, on the Kennet River near its junction with the River Thames; population 142,300 (est. 2009).
2. An industrial and commercial city in southeastern Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill River; population 80,506 (est. 2008).
Synonyms:
perusal
read operation
recital
recitation
reading matter
reading material
indication
meter reading
interpretation
performance
rendition
Synonyms:
peruse
read carefully
scan
hear
learn
read operation
say
predict
speak
show
interpret
understand
read in
make out
take
study
record
Antonyms:
misunderstand
misread
Derivations:
read
reader
readable
readability
readership
readout
Keep in Mind
Images related to Reading
Reading in Other Languages...
Spanish: Lectura
German: Lesung
French: Lecture
Italian: Lettura
Turkish: Okuma
