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Meaning
Verb
●
To
look at
and
interpret
letters
or other information that is written.
●
To
speak
aloud
words
or other information that is
written
. (often
construed
with a to
phrase
or an
indirect
object)
●
To
read
work(s)
written
by (a
named
author).
●
To
interpret
, or
infer
a
meaning
,
significance
,
thought
,
intention
, etc; from.
●
To
consist of
certain text.
●
Of
text
, etc; to be
interpreted
or
read in
a particular way.
●
To
substitute
(a
corrected
piece
of
text
in place of
an
erroneous
one); used to
introduce
an
emendation
of a
text
.
●
Used after a
euphemism
to
introduce
the
intended
, more
blunt
meaning
of a term.
●
In Telecommunications & Communication:
To
be able to
hear
what another person is
saying
over a
radio
connection.
●
In Rail transportation:
To
observe
and
comprehend
(a
displayed
signal).
●
In Commonwealth English:
To make
a special
study of, as by
perusing
textbooks.
●
In Computing:
To
fetch
data
from (a
storage medium
, etc.).
●
In LGBT:
To
recognise
(someone) as being transgender.
●
In LGBT:
To
call
attention
to the
flaws
of (someone) in either a
playful
, a
taunting
, or an
insulting
way.
●
In Go:
To
imagine
sequences
of potential
moves
and
responses
without
actually
placing
stones.
●
To think,
believe
; to
consider
(that).
●
To
advise
; to
counsel
. See rede.
●
To
tell
; to
declare
; to recite.
●
inflection of read:
simple past
tense
●
In Inflections with a red link for singular:
inflection of read:
past participle
Noun
●
A
reading
or an
act
of
reading
, especially of an
act
or's part of a
play
or a
piece
of
stored
data.
●
Something to be
read
; a
written
work.
●
A person's
interpretation
or
impression
of something.
●
In LGBT:
An
instance
of
reading
(“calling
attention
to
someone's
flaws
; a
taunt
or insult”).
●
In Biochemistry:
The
identification
of a specific
sequence
of
genes
in a
genome
or
bases
in a
nucleic acid
string
Name
●
A
surname
from Old English, a less common
spelling
variant
of Reid.
●
A
male
given name
transferred
from the surname.
●
A
village
and
civil parish
in Ribble Valley
district
, Lancashire, England (OS
grid
ref
SD7634).
●
A
township
in Clayton County, Iowa, United States.
●
A
township
in Butler County, Nebraska, United States.
●
An
unincorporated
community
in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States.
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Origin
read
English
rædan
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
Sourced from
Etym
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Wrote
Remember
Understand
Typed
Writing
Decode
Watched
Post
Edit
Rewrite
Noticed
View
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Printed
Memorize
Say
Researched
Browse
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Byte
Book
Observe
Compose
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Told
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Studied
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Fed
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Ted
Dmz
Ned
Med
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Med
Read
Bled
Abed
Pled
Deed
Sked
Shed
Heed
Need
Head
Cred
Bred
He'D
Cede
Reed
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Said
We'D
Mede
Ye'D
Dead
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Mead
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Tedd
Feed
Sped
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Plead
Unwed
Sneed
Bleed
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She'D
Breed
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Knead
Tweed
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Keyed
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Ahead
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Steed
Kneed
Dread
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Tawhid
Expede
Abreed
Unread
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Undead
Behead
Resaid
Agreed
Unsaid
Impede
Unheed
Inbred
Exceed
Reread
Recede
Indeed
Thneed
Thread
Aniseed
Aspread
Succeed
Nasheed
Instead
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Misread
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Stampede
Overhead
Supersede
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Overbreed
Intercede
Tumbleweed
Interbreed
Lushootseed
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