Definition of "read"
- noun
A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
- verb
To think, believe; to consider (that).
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 interpret or infer a meaning, significance, etc.
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.
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Simple past tense and past participle of read.
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