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(verb) to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" |
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Related Words: understand |
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(verb) interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
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Related Words: anagram, anagrammatize, construe, decipher, decode, dip into, interpret, lipread, reread, scan, skim, skim over, spell out |
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(verb) look at, interpreted, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The proclamation will be read" |
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Related Words: call, dictate, mouth, speak, talk, utter, verbalize |
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(verb) interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior" |
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Related Words: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, predict, prognosticate, promise |
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(verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" |
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Synonyms: scan |
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Related Words: construe, interpret, misread |
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(verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" |
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Synonyms: record, register, show |
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Related Words: indicate, say, show, strike |
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(adjective) having been read; often used in combination; "a widely read newspaper" |
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Antonyms: unread |
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(verb) have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" |
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Synonyms: say |
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Related Words: feature, have |
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(noun) something that is read; "the article was a very good read" |
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Related Words: publication |
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(verb) make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" |
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Synonyms: interpret, translate, understand |
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Related Words: understand |
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(verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; You can't take credit for this!" |
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Synonyms: take |
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Related Words: construe, interpret, misinterpret, misread |
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(verb) be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" |
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Synonyms: learn, study, take |
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Related Words: audit, drill, exercise, practice, practise, prepare, train |
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