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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "read"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻ āύ

to look at written or printed words or symbols and understand their meaning
Transitive: to read written words
to read definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please read the instructions carefully.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧁āύ.
1.1

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to go through a written or printed text and say that out loud to others so that they can hear it
Ditransitive: to read a text to sb | to read sb a text
to read definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Mom, can you read this bedtime story to me?
āĻŽāĻž, āϤ⧁āĻŽāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāχ āϘ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āφāϗ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāϟāĻž āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻļā§‹āύāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧋?
1.2

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

used for saying that a certain word, etc. in a text should be replaced with another word
Transitive: to read a word
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the document, " apple " should be read as " orange. "
āύāĻĨāĻŋāϤ⧇, "āφāĻĒ⧇āϞ"-āϕ⧇ "āĻ•āĻŽāϞāĻž" āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āωāϚāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
1.3

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āφāϛ⧇

(of a sign, text, or letter) to be in a specific wording
Transitive: to read a particular content
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The email notification read " Important message from your boss. "
āχāĻŽā§‡āϞ āĻŦāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻĒā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ "āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāϏ⧇āϰ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāĨ¤"
02

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to discover information from something written
Intransitive
Transitive: to read that
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I read in a magazine that they discovered a new species of butterfly.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāĻ—āĻžāϜāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋ āϝ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

to interpret a particular thing in a specific way
Transitive: to read sth in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her raised eyebrows were read as a signal of surprise.
āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤ āĻ­ā§āϰ⧁ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ‚āϕ⧇āϤ āĻšāĻŋāϏāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
2.2

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

(of a text) to give a certain impression
Intransitive: to read in a specific manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The report reads smoothly and is easy to understand.
āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻšāĻœā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻŦā§‹āĻāĻž āϏāĻšāϜāĨ¤
03

āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻžāύ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of a piece of measuring equipment) to indicate a specific amount or number
Transitive: to read an amount or number
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The scale on the bathroom floor read 150 pounds this morning.
āφāϜ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧁āĻŽā§‡āϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻā§‡āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧇āϞ 150 āĻĒāĻžāωāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
3.1

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to obtain information from what is indicated on a piece of measuring equipment
Transitive: to read a measuring equipment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Could you read the barometer and tell me the atmospheric pressure?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧋āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧀āϝāĻŧ āϚāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
04

āĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇

to hear and understand what someone is saying on a radio transmitter
Transitive: to read sb
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
' Roger, this is Alpha Team. Do you read us, over?'
'āϰāϜāĻžāϰ, āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āφāϞāĻĢāĻž āϟāĻŋāĻŽāĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϛ⧇āύ, āĻ“āĻ­āĻžāϰ?'
05

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

(with reference to computers) to interpret, copy, or move information
Transitive: to read computer data
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you read this external hard drive on your laptop?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻĒ⧇ āĻāχ āĻŦāĻžāĻšā§āϝāĻŋāĻ• āĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
06

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻ§ā§āϝāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to be a student of a specific subject, particularly at a university
Dialectbritish flagBritish
Transitive: to read a subject
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They read economics at the London School of Economics.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϞāĻ¨ā§āĻĄāύ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ āĻ…āĻĢ āχāϕ⧋āύāĻŽāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ⧀āϤāĻŋ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āύ.
07

āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž

to observe and interpret signs, movements, or behavior in order to anticipate what will happen next
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A good chess player knows how to read the board and predict the opponent's next move.
āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧁ āϜāĻžāύ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦā§‹āĻ°ā§āĻĄ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āϚāĻžāϞ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
08

āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻœā§‹āϰāĻžāϞ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāϰāĻžāĻĒ āĻŦāϞāĻž

to criticize, point out, or call out someone's flaws, often in a clever, witty, or cutting way
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Do n't try to lie; she 'll read you in a second.
āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧋ āύāĻž; āϏ⧇ āĻāĻ• āϏ⧇āϕ⧇āĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§‡ āϤ⧋āĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
01

āĻĒāĻžāĻ , āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž

something that is read

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

misread
reader
reading
read
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āύāĻŋāĻ•āϟāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
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