reader
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7.2
- noun
- /ˈriːdər/
- UK
:
profesor titular
- Such actions transformed the traditional notion of the principal, changing him from an administrator into a reader.
Examples
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Dr. Smith, a distinguished reader, shared his insights on modern literature with the students.
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Alistair Pike is a reader in archaeological sciences at the University of Bristol in England.
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Our next reader requires no introduction.
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What is the tone that gets set right before the reader walks up to the microphone?
Blog text (28) -
Our last but by no means late reader tonight has a unique style and he's a regular here, at the Silver Lake Cafe.
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First Hegel for and now us his readers, is the way Hegel would construe it, I think.
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Considering theory, Rosenblatt's Reader Response theory captures the complexities of reading historical fiction.
Academic text (2013) -
The university appointed her as a reader in biology, recognizing her contributions to the field.
Synonyms
42
3.1
A person who gives talks to students at a college or university
3
7.9
A teacher at a university, especially at Oxford or Cambridge
2
8.9
A university teacher who ranks below a full professor
Compounds
16
6.3
A person who seems to know what other people are thinking, often using tricks or guessing
- Jargon
1
8.6
A person chosen by a church leader to lead readings, prayers, and short talks
- Texting
1
7.4
A computer program that predicts what a person wants or will do from their data
- Texting
1
3.4
An app that collects news from many sites and shows headlines or reads them aloud to users
- Specialized
A program or device that looks at lip movements in video and turns them into text
- Archaic
A machine that looks at holes in a long paper strip to get computer instructions
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reader comes from the old verb read, which means 'to look at written words'. At universities the word became a title for a senior teacher who reads and judges research, so a reader is a senior academic.