to read
- verb
- /rɛd/
- After dinner, he usually takes an hour to read the news online.
- read books
- learn to read
- reading comprehension
Everyone knows you should, should read more, right?
- Everyone knows you should, should read more, right?
- Now I would like to read a statement.....
- And the worst part is I did read it and hated it.
- That's a really good book to read When Prayer Gets real.
- Let me just go ahead and briefly read their short e-mail.
- Oh, after that I read the Twisted Ones.
- And so I'm going to read it to you now.
- And so I, I read it, I loved it.
- Do not under any circumstances read this book.
- So let me ask, you've read quite a few papers.
- And I would just like eat and read, eat and read.
- But yeah, I didn't read any of those.
Examples
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When I read it, I thought, "No way."
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So should I talk about the books I read in October?
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This is why people should read your book and yours.
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- I am going to read you this letter.
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What's the last book you read from start to finish?
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In each session, the student was asked to read the passage three different times.
Academic text (2015) -
How do you think students feel when they read out loud to their teachers?
Academic text (2015) -
Story time is a good opportunity to read a book about saving or budgeting.
Academic text (2015) -
However, parties responsible for censorship had not read the book, and the decision was later reversed.
Academic text (2015) -
She loves to read mystery novels during her free time.
Synonyms
To read or check something carefully for mistakes
To read something slowly and carefully to understand it
To study things like books or papers carefully to find information
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 Thoroughly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Read comes from an old English word rǣdan that meant 'to explain' or 'understand'. So reading written words is like 'understanding' the marks on a page and saying what they mean.