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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old English rǣdan (“advise, read”), from Proto-Germanic *rēdanan (“advise, counsel”). Cognate with 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

[edit] Noun

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.

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Terms derived from the noun "read"

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a reading or an act of reading

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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.

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  • (to be recognised as transgender): pass

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Terms derived from the verb “read”

[edit] Translations

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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[edit] Old English

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *reudh-.

Germanic cognates: Old Saxon rōd (Dutch rood), Old High German rōt (German rot), Old Norse rauðr (Icelandic rauður, Swedish röd), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauths).

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

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  • IPA: /ˈræːad/

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rēad

  1. red

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read

  1. past participle of rea.

[edit] West Frisian

[edit] Etymology

Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *reudh-.

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read

  1. red
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