read

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something that is read

   the article was a very good read

2. 2
   verb

   to be a student of a certain subject

   They are reading for the bar exam.

3. 3
   verb

   to hear and understand

   I read you loud and clear!

4. 4
   verb

   interpret something that is written or printed

   read the advertisement

5. 5
   verb

   look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

   The King will read the proclamation at noon

6. 6
   verb

   obtain data from magnetic tapes

   This dictionary can be read by the computer

7. 7
   verb

   have or contain a certain wording or form

   The passage reads as follows

8. 8
   verb

   To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

   Have you read this book?

Etymology

From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”). Cognate with Scots rede, red (“to advise, counsel, decipher, read”), Saterland Frisian räide (“to advise, counsel”), West Frisian riede (“to advise, counsel”), Dutch raden (“to advise; guess”), German raten (“to advise; guess”), Danish råde (“to advise”), Swedish råda (“to advise, counsel”), Persian رده (rade, “to order, to arrange, class”). In West Germanic the ve…