read

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Old English rǣdan (“advise, read”), from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”). Cognate with Danish råde, Dutch raden, German raten, Swedish råda. The development from ‘advise, interpret’ to ‘interpret letters, read’ is unique to English. Compare rede.

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Noun, and verb's present tense
Verb's past tense and past participle

Noun [edit]

read (plural reads)

  1. A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.
    • Philip Larkin, Self's the Man
      And when he finishes supper / Planning to have a read at the evening paper / It's Put a screw in this wall — / He has no time at all...
    • 2006, MySQL administrator's guide and language reference (page 393)
      In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from the noun "read"

Translations [edit]

a reading or an act of reading

Verb [edit]

read (third-person singular simple present reads, present participle reading, simple past read, past participle read or (archaic or dialect) readen)

A painting of a girl reading.
  1. (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.i:
      But now, faire Ladie, comfort to you make, / And read [...] / That short reuenge the man may ouertake [...].
  2. (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
    Have you read this book?
    He doesn’t like to read.
  3. (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
    He read us a passage from his new book.
    All right, class, who wants to read next?
  4. (transitive) To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, etc.
    I can read his feelings in his face.
  5. To consist of certain text.
    On the door hung a sign that read, "Proper Safety Equipment Required Beyond This Point."
  6. (intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
    Arabic reads right to left.
  7. (transitive) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
    • 1832, John Lemprière et al., Bibliotheca classica, Seventh Edition, W. E. Dean, page 263:
      In Livy, it is nearly certain that for Pylleon we should read Pteleon, as this place is mentioned in connection with Antron.
  8. (informal, usually sarcastic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
    • 2009, Suzee Vlk et al., The GRE Test for Dummies, Sixth Edition, Wiley Publishing, ISBN 978-0-470-00919-2, page 191:
      Eliminate illogical (read: stupid) answer choices.
  9. (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
    Do you read me?
  10. (transitive, UK) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
    I am reading theology at university.
  11. (transitive, transgenderism) to recognise (someone) as being transgender
    Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
  12. simple past tense and past participle of read

Usage notes [edit]

  • When "read" is used transitively with an author's name as the object, it generally means "to look at writing(s) by (the specified person)" (rather than "to recognise (the specified person) as transgender"). Example: "I am going to read Milton before I read His Dark Materials, so I know what His Dark Materials is responding to."

Synonyms [edit]

Antonyms [edit]

  • (to be recognised as transgender): pass

Derived terms [edit]

Terms derived from read (verb)

Translations [edit]

look at and interpret letters or other information
speak aloud words or other information that is written
have the ability to read text or other information
to consist of certain text
of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way
be able to hear (in a radio communication)
make a study of
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Old English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.

Germanic cognates: Old Frisian rād (West Frisian read), Old Saxon rōd (Low German root, rod), Dutch rood, Old High German rōt (German rot), Old Norse rauðr (Danish rød, Swedish röd, Icelandic rauður), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs).

Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthros), Latin ruber, Old Irish rúad, Lithuanian raũdas, Russian рудой.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /ˈræːad/

Adjective [edit]

rēad

  1. red

Descendants [edit]

  • Middle English: red

Swedish [edit]

Verb [edit]

read

  1. past participle of rea.

West Frisian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Frisian rād, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-. Compare English red, Low German root, rod, Dutch rood, German rot, Danish rød.

Adjective [edit]

read

  1. red
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