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Reading - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Reading : (noun)
1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic
message; "he enjoys reading books"
2: a datum about some physical state that is presented to a
user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not
believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear
indications of an approaching storm" [syn: meter reading,
indication]
3: a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading
it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of
Mozart"
4: written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned
new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the
airport" [syn: reading material]
5: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of
something [syn: interpretation, version]
6: a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
[syn: Reading]
7: a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory)
something prepared in advance; "the program included songs
and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation, recital]
8: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he
has a job meter reading for the gas company" [syn: meter
reading]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Read \Read\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read; p. pr. & vb. n.
Reading.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read,
advice, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advise, counsel, r[=ae]dan
(imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden
to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[=a][eth]a, Goth.
r[=e]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[=a]dh to
succeed. [root]116. Cf. Riddle.]
1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede.
Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and
thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale.
2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.]
But read how art thou named, and of what kin.
--Spenser.
4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or
recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of,
as of language, by interpreting the characters with which
it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to
read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read
the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.
Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille.
--Chaucer.
Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer.
5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
Who is't can read a woman? --Shak.
6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features,
etc.; to learn by observation.
An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read
great magnanimity. --Spenser.
Those about her Based on her shall read the perfect ways
of honor. --Shak.
7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as,
to read theology or law.
To read one's self in, to read about the Thirty-nine
Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a
clergyman of the Church of England when he first
officiates in a new benefice.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Reading : \Read"ing\, n.
1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or
written matter to be read.
2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of
extensive reading.
3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.
The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
--Hooker.
4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or
passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
version.
5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
rendering. [Cant]
6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated
instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
Reading of a bill (Legislation), its normal recital, by the
proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Reading : \Read"ing\, a.
1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp.,
a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying
power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English
universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room
provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which
persons resort.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Reading, KS (city, FIPS 58600)
Location: 38.51909 N, 95.95750 W
Population (1990): 264 (115 housing units)
Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 66868
Reading, MA (CDP, FIPS 56165)
Location: 42.53577 N, 71.10700 W
Population (1990): 22539 (8104 housing units)
Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 01867
Reading, MI (city, FIPS 67500)
Location: 41.83920 N, 84.74733 W
Population (1990): 1127 (436 housing units)
Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 49274
Reading, MN
Zip code(s): 56165
Reading, OH (city, FIPS 65732)
Location: 39.22439 N, 84.43141 W
Population (1990): 12038 (5117 housing units)
Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Reading, PA (city, FIPS 63624)
Location: 40.33900 N, 75.92642 W
Population (1990): 78380 (34276 housing units)
Area: 25.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 19601, 19602, 19604, 19605, 19611
Reading, VT
Zip code(s): 05062
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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