to read
- verb
- /rɛd/
- It transmits your location to a satellite which can be read by only this computer.
- read the data
- read the file
- read on a computer
Only the site that sets a cookie can read that cookie back.
- Only the site that sets a cookie can read that cookie back.
- So they had technology that was able to read brain waves.
Examples
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Instruments are reading accurately.
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Anyone with access to the Internet can read what I've just thought.
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And the first of those is to read the machine itself.
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Yes, I can help you read this Honor smart TV.
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Because the scale was digital, only one individual read and recorded the output.
Academic text (2013) -
The normal reading on the pressure gauge should read anywhere below 50.
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You have to read the instruction manual.
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For this analysis, the written expectations were read by two trained researchers and coded.
Academic text (2008) -
Responses were self-contained in the survey booklet and were read by an optical scanning machine.
Academic text (1991) -
You can use the software to read the data stored on the hard drive.
Synonyms
To give proof that something is true
To show a measurement or change on a device
To use a device or program to read digital information
To show a measurement or reading on a device
To show measured values from a device on a screen
Idioms
- Informal
To understand what someone means without them saying it directly
- Informal
To notice how people in a group feel and act and change what you say or do
- Formal
Prepared while someone speaks the words and not checked by the writer, often containing mistakes
- Jargon
To look at the slope and surface of a golf green to decide how to hit a putt
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
- Specialized
A small computer chip that holds information you can use but cannot change
- Specialized
A chip you clear with ultraviolet light and then write new information on it
- Archaic
A way of natural childbirth that uses education and breathing to reduce pain and help you relax
- Archaic
A way of giving birth that treats labor as normal and uses teaching, breathing, and relaxation to reduce pain
- Specialized
A part of a computer where information can be looked at but not changed
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Read also came to mean 'to get information', like reading a page, so when a device or meter 'reads' a number it is 'showing' that information.