reading material
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈriːdɪŋ məˈtɪrɪəl/
:
material de lectura
- The library has a wide variety of reading material, including magazines and newspapers.
- select reading materials
- choice of reading material
- access to reading material
And most of the trailers or dressing rooms don't have a comfy pillow or reading material for you to pass the time with.
- And most of the trailers or dressing rooms don't have a comfy pillow or reading material for you to pass the time with.
- And that seems to be all of our reading material.
Examples
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Her hope was to search out and recommend reading materials based on individual interests.
Academic text (2012) -
With today's emphasis on pupils having a voice in choosing reading materials, they tend to choose what is interesting.
Academic text (2012) -
This is gonna be good reading material for you.
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Where do you send the reading material?
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Can you grab me some reading material?
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What lovely reading material did you bring us?
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Some excellent reading material you have here.
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But most important of all is to allow children to choose their own reading material.
Academic text (2004) -
By the year 2000, the magazine was the most popular reading material among FTZ workers.
Academic text (2006) -
Students were encouraged to choose reading materials that reflected their own interests in topics, genres, series, and authors.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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1.0
Written material like books that people study or enjoy
84
4.6
Written material in books, magazines, or other printed items
3
2.3
Text created by a person, like a book or letter
The written words in a book or article, not the pictures
Text to be printed or published without pictures
How Difficult
- Specialized
7
8.9
1
3.0
19
1.0
3
3.2
- Baby Talk
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning of 'reading material' is directly and transparently derived from 'reading' (items to be read) + 'material' (stuff/content), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to written items like books or articles. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows regular English modification, making it easily understandable at B1 level.
Etymology
The noun reading material creates a simple picture: material here means 'stuff' you use, so reading material is the 'stuff' for reading, like books, magazines, and articles. That's why it means 'written content' you read for information or enjoyment.