reading

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See also Reading

English

Etymology

From read +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rēd'ĭng, IPA: /ˈriːdɪŋ/, X-SAMPA: /"ri:dIN/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Verb

reading

1. Present participle of read.

Noun

Wikipedia reading (countable and uncountable; plural readings)

1. The process of interpreting written language.
2. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
3. A value indicated by a measuring device.

   a speedometer reading.

4. A meeting where written material is read aloud.

   a poetry reading.

5. An interpretation.

   a reading of the current situation.

Translations

the process of interpreting written language

• Afrikaans: lesing (af), oplesing (af)
• Arabic: قراءة (ar) (qirā'a) f, مطالعة (ar) (muṭālaʿa) f
• Belarusian: чытанне (be) (čytánnje) n
• Bulgarian: четене (bg) (čétene) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 讀書 (cmn), 读书 (cmn) (dúshū), 閱讀 (cmn), 阅读 (cmn) (yuèdú)

• Czech: čtení (cs) n
• Danish: læsning (da) c
• Dutch: lezen (nl) n
• Esperanto: legado (eo)
• Estonian: lugemine (et)
• Faroese: lesing (fo) f, lestur (fo) m
• Finnish: lukeminen (fi)
• French: lecture (fr) f
• German: Lesen (de) n
• Hebrew: קְרִיאָה (he) (k'ri'á) f
• Hungarian: olvasás (hu)
• Icelandic: lestur (is) m
• Ido: lektado (io)
• Irish: léitheoireacht (ga) f

• Italian: lettura (it) f
• Japanese: 読書 (ja) (どくしょ, dokusho), 読むこと (ja) (よむこと, yomu-koto)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 독서 (ko) (dokseo) (讀書 (ko))
• Latin: lectio (la) f
• Macedonian: читање (mk) (čítanje) n
• Navajo: óltaʼ
• Norwegian: lesing (no)
• Persian: خواندن (fa) (xândan)
• Polish: czytanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: leitura (pt)
• Romanian: lectură (ro) f
• Russian: чтение (ru) (čténije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: читање (sh) n, čìtānje (sh) n
• Slovak: čítanie (sk) n
• Slovene: branje (sl) n
• Spanish: lectura (es) f
• Swedish: läsning (sv)
• Telugu: చదువు (te) (caduvu)
• Ukrainian: читання (uk) (čytánnja) n
• Yiddish: לייענונג (yi) (leyenung)

the process of interpreting a symbol

• Czech: čtení (cs) n
• Dutch: uitlezing (nl) f
• Finnish: lukeminen (fi), tulkinta (fi)

• Italian: interpretare (it), interpretazione (it) f
• Portuguese: leitura (pt)
• Russian: чтение (ru) (čténije) n
• Serbo-Croatian: читање (sh) n, čìtānje (sh) n

a value indicated by a measuring device

• Danish: aflæsning (da) c
• Dutch: lezing (nl) f

• Finnish: lukema (fi)
• Italian: lettura (it) f
• Russian: показание (ru) (pokazánije)

written material that is read aloud

• Danish: forelæsning (da) c
• Dutch: voorlezen (nl) n
• Finnish: lausunta (fi)

• Italian: lettura (it) f, interpretazione (it) f
• Persian: خوانی (fa) (-xâni)
• Russian: чтение (ru) (čténije) n, чтиво (ru) (čtívo) n
• Serbo-Croatian: читање (sh) n, čìtānje (sh) n

an interpretation

• Danish: fortolkning (da) c
• Finnish: tulkinta (fi), lukeminen (fi)

• Russian: толкование (ru) (tolkovánije) n

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• Italian: lettura (it) f

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: broke · waiting · political · #774: reading · German · seven · notice

Anagrams

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