reading

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

   They have a job meter reading for the gas company.

2. 2
   noun

   the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

   My main reading was detective stories.

3. 3
   noun

   a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

   We could not believe the meter reading.

4. 4
   noun

   written material intended to be read

   the teacher assigned new readings

5. 5
   noun

   a particular interpretation or performance

   on that reading it was an insult

6. 6
   noun

   a public instance of reciting or repeating from memory something prepared in advance

   The reading at my cousin's funeral was from a poem.

7. 7
   noun

   The process of interpreting written language.

   The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.

8. 8
   noun

   A value indicated by a measuring device.

   He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.

Etymology

From Old English Rēadingas, the name of a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was at Reading. Not related to reading.