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reader

reader

27 1.4
A simple book used by students to learn to understand written words
  • noun
  • /ˈriːdər/
translation icon : libro de lectura
  • The teacher asked the students to open their readers and follow along as she read the story aloud.
  • graded readers
  • beginning readers
  • basal reader

Examples

  • Put away your catalogues and take out your readers.

  • After attendance, he had us take out our Number Seven Readers for silent storytime.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Teachers then taught students the expectations for Strategic Reader specific to their class.

    Academic text (2015)
  • The old Dick and Jane readers and similar basals of the period used a controlled vocabulary.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The Theodor Seuss Geisel Award for beginning reader books followed in 2006.

    Academic text (2013)
  • In our reading class, we used a special reader designed to help beginners improve their skills.

  • I found a great reader on history that includes simple texts for younger students.

Compounds

16 6.3

A person who seems to know what other people are thinking, often using tricks or guessing

2 4.7

A person who understands what someone says by watching their lips

1 1.0

A person who regularly reads books for pleasure

1 3.6

An electronic device for reading digital books

lay reader
  • Jargon
1 8.6

A person chosen by a church leader to lead readings, prayers, and short talks

1 3.6

A person who reads maps well and finds places

map-reader
  • Specialized
1 4.5

A tool like an app that shows digital maps to help you find your way

mind reader
  • Texting
1 7.4

A computer program that predicts what a person wants or will do from their data

news reader
  • Literature
1 2.7

A person who reads the news on radio or television

news reader
  • Texting
1 3.4

An app that collects news from many sites and shows headlines or reads them aloud to users

A person who reads many books for pleasure

lip reader
  • Specialized
4.3

A program or device that looks at lip movements in video and turns them into text

A machine that reads information from paper tape with holes

9.8

A machine that reads information from paper tape with holes

9.5

A machine that looks at holes in a long paper strip to get computer instructions

tape reader
  • Archaic
8.6

A machine that gets data from long paper with holes used by old computers

A magician who seems to know what people think by using tricks

A person who claims to know what others are thinking

thought-reader
  • Specialized
9.9

A device that turns brain signals into spoken words or actions

How Difficult

reader
27 1.4
speller
  • US
1 1.8
primer
22 4.6

Surface Forms

reader singular
readers plural

Morphology

reader = read (semi-transparent) = read + er

Formed productively from the verb 'read' + the agent/instrument suffix '-er', but the specific sense 'a book for learners' is a metonymic extension from the agent/instrument meaning and may not be fully predictable for all learners.

Etymology

Reader comes from the old verb read, which means 'to look at written words'. A school reader is a simple book made for learners, so it is a book for people who are learning to read.