Read

verb

rid

Noun

have or contain a certain wording or form
“The passage reads as follows”
Similar:Say
Type of:HaveFeature
make sense of a language
“Can you read Greek?”
Similar:Interpret Translate Understand
Type of:Understand
obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
“This dictionary can be read by the computer”
Similar:Scan
Type of:InterpretConstrueSee
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
“The gauge read `empty'”
Similar:Record Register Show
Type of:Indicate
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
“I read this address as a satire”
Similar:Take
Type of:InterpretConstrueSee
be a student of a certain subject
“She is reading for the bar exam”
Similar:Learn Study Take
interpret something that is written or printed
“read the advertisement”
“Have you read Salman Rushdie?”
Type of:ConstrueInterpretSee
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
“She read the sky and predicted rain”
“I can't read his strange behavior”
“The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball”
Type of:PrognosticateForetellPredict
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
“The King will read the proclamation at noon”
Type of:VerbalizeMouthUtter
to hear and understand
“I read you loud and clear!”
Type of:Understand
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
Type of:Audition