to read
143
6.0
- verb
- /rɛd/
- UK
:
estudiar
- Where can I find age-appropriate materials for the 9-year-old who reads at a 16-year-old level?
- students read
- read books
- read the works
Just play a million games, or do you have to read like chess theory?
- Just play a million games, or do you have to read like chess theory?
Examples
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The director gave him his college arranging text to read and a number of scores to study.
Academic text (2015) -
To pique students' interest in a new area of study, read an appropriate trade book aloud.
Academic text (1991) -
I read at college level, and I'm doing algebra one on my own.
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Now his formal schooling is over, but he continues to read in his areas of interest.
Fiction book (1994) -
When I was an undergrad... I read your paper on the educational deficits effect on family violence.
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Also, he, if not as a child then as a young man, evidently read Emerson when a student at Harvard.
Academic text (2017) -
As part of her degree program, she decided to read literature and history at university.
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In preparation for the exam, he spent the whole summer to read the required texts and conduct research.
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Students are encouraged to read various subjects to develop a well-rounded understanding in their fields.
Synonyms
Idioms
- Informal
24
4.1
To understand what someone means without them saying it directly
- Informal
2
5.3
To notice how people in a group feel and act and change what you say or do
- Formal
1
8.7
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
1
4.4
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 Thorough
Surface Forms
Etymology
Read took on the meaning 'to study' because students learned by reading books, so to 'read' medicine or law at a university means to study that subject.