reading

Meanings

Plural: readings

Noun

• the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
  • "his main reading was detective stories"
  • "suggestions for further reading"
• a particular interpretation or performance
  • "on that reading it was an insult"
  • "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
• 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"
• written material intended to be read
  • "the teacher assigned new readings"
  • "he bought some reading material at the airport"
• a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
• a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
• a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
• the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
  • "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"
• The process of interpreting written language.
• The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
• The process of interpreting written language.
• An interpretation.
• The process of interpreting written language.
• A value indicated by a measuring device.
• An event at which written material is read aloud.
• A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
• Something to read; reading material.
• The extent of what one has read.
• One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
• A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
• The content of a reading list.
• The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.

Verb

• interpret something that is written or printed
• have or contain a certain wording or form
• look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
• obtain data from magnetic tapes
• interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
• be a student of a certain subject
  • "She is reading for the bar exam"
• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
• audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
• to hear and understand
• make sense of a language
• present participle and gerund of read

Synonyms

indication, interpret, interpretation, learn, meter reading, read, reading material, recital, recitation, record, register, say, scan, show, study, take, translate, understand, version