reading A1 Topic:Communication US /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #1277 Meanings 1 noun The activity of looking at and understanding written words. She loves reading and finishes a new book every week. 2 noun Books, articles, or other written material meant to be read. The teacher assigned some reading for the weekend. 3 noun A number or value shown by a measuring instrument. We could not believe the reading on the electricity meter. 4 noun A particular way of understanding or interpreting something. On that reading, his comment was clearly meant as an insult. 5 noun The act of reading a text aloud to an audience. The reading at the funeral was from a famous poem. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · books, articles, or other... reading material 3 noun · a number or value shown by... indicationmeter reading 5 noun · the act of reading a text... recitation Word family Forms readings Derived forms bioreadingcross-readinge-readinglip-readingmapreadingmind-readingnewsreadingnonreadingplayreadingraudingreadin'reading-lamp Common collocations meter reading Noun + noun reading desk Noun + noun indiscriminate reading Adjective + noun Etymology AI details 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. Rēadingas Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Communication External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reading **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 1277 ## Meanings 1. The activity of looking at and understanding written words. 2. Books, articles, or other written material meant to be read. 3. A number or value shown by a measuring instrument. 4. A particular way of understanding or interpreting something. 5. The act of reading a text aloud to an audience. ## Examples - She loves reading and finishes a new book every week. - The teacher assigned some reading for the weekend. - We could not believe the reading on the electricity meter. - On that reading, his comment was clearly meant as an insult. - The reading at the funeral was from a famous poem. ## Derived Forms - bioreading - cross-reading - e-reading - lip-reading - mapreading - mind-reading - newsreading - nonreading - playreading - rauding - readin' - reading-lamp ## Roots and Affixes - Root: Rēadingas ## 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. ## AI Etymology Reading comes 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. Modern senses include the activity of looking at and understanding written words. and books, articles, or other written material meant to be read.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as bioreading, cross-reading, e-reading, lip-reading, mapreading, and mind-reading. ## Topics - Communication markdown