reading

Meaning

present participle and gerund of read

Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɹiːdɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.

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read

1. To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
2. To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
3. To read work(s) written by (a named author).
4. To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
5. To consist of certain text.
6. Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
7. To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
8. (informal) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
9. To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
10. To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
11. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
12. To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
13. To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
14. To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
15. To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
16. (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
17. (obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
18. (obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.

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