reading
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- n the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
his main reading was detective stories
suggestions for further reading - n a particular interpretation or performance
on that reading it was an insult
he was famous for his reading of Mozart - n a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
he could not believe the meter reading - n written material intended to be read
the teacher assigned new readings
he bought some reading material at the airport - n a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- n a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
- n a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- n the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
he has a job meter reading for the gas company - v interpret something that is written or printed
- v have or contain a certain wording or form
- v look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
- v obtain data from magnetic tapes
- v interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
- v interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
- v be a student of a certain subject
She is reading for the bar exam - v indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
- v audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- v to hear and understand
- v make sense of a language
- I can only assume that Blagojevich's extensive reading of history passed over Teddy Roosevelt's 1897 book, "American Ideals and Other Essays, Social and Political," in which .
- It's doubtful that many people reading this could say exactly, or even approximately, what the Halo games are about.
- Among other things, the show will feature Randi's demonstration of the cold-reading technique used by magicians to entertain and mediums to hoodwink an unsuspecting public.