English Explanatory Dictionary

reading

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of read
noun
  1. The process of interpreting written language.
  2. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
  3. An interpretation.
  4. A value indicated by a measuring device.
  5. An event at which written material is read aloud.
  6. The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
  7. A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
  8. Something to read; reading material.
  9. The extent of what one has read.
  10. One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
  11. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
  12. The content of a reading list.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A large town in Berkshire, England.
  3. A number of places in the United States:
  4. A minor city in Lyon County, Kansas.
  5. A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
  6. A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
  7. An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.
  8. A ghost town in Pike County, Missouri.
  9. A town in Schuyler County, New York.
  10. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
  11. An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
  12. A city, the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, named after Reading in Berkshire, England.

Pronunciation

/ˈɹiːdɪŋ/ [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ] /ˈɹidiŋ/ [ˈɹiɾiŋ] en-us-reading.ogg /ˈɹɛdɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Reading.wav

Word forms

reading readings

Etymology

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.

Derived words

billet reading bioreading book reading close reading cold reading cross-reading e-reading face reading first reading lip reading lip-reading mapreading mind reading mind-reading muscle reading newsreading nonreading open reading frame palm reading pendulum reading playreading poetry reading popcorn reading rauding readin' reading age reading book reading break reading comprehension reading copy reading frame reading glasses reading group reading is tech reading knowledge reading lamp reading-lamp reading light reading list reading material reading nook reading notice reading room reading stone reading week screenreading second reading speechreading speed reading spreading third reading variant reading various reading North Reading

Translations

Afrikaans: lesing Afrikaans: oplesing Albanian: lexim Arabic: قِرَاءَة Arabic: مُطَالَعَة Arabic: قراية Armenian: ընթերցում Armenian: ընթերցանություն Azerbaijani: oxu Azerbaijani: qiraət Azerbaijani: oxuma Azerbaijani: mütaliə Belarusian: чыта́нне Belarusian: чыта́ньне Bengali: পড়া Bulgarian: че́тене Burmese: အဖတ် Burmese: စာဖတ်ခြင်း Buryat: уншалга Chichewa: kuŵerenga Chinese Mandarin: 讀書 /读书 Chinese Mandarin: 閱讀 /阅读 Czech: čtení Danish: læsning Dutch: lezen Esperanto: legado Estonian: lugemine Faroese: lesing Faroese: lestur Finnish: lukeminen French: lecture German: Lesen Ancient Greek: ἀνάγνωσις Hebrew: קְרִיאָה Hindi: पढ़ना Hungarian: olvasás Icelandic: lestur Ido: lektado Indonesian: kemampuan membaca Irish: léitheoireacht Italian: lettura Japanese: 読書 Japanese: 読むこと Japanese: リーディング Kazakh: оқу Khmer: អំណាន Korean: 독서 Korean: 읽기 Kyrgyz: окуу Ladino: meldadura Lao: ການອ່ານ Latin: lectiō Latvian: lasījums Lithuanian: skaitymas Bulgarian: Рединг Chinese Mandarin: 雷丁 Danish: Reading Dutch: Reading Esperanto: Reading French: Reading German: Reading Greek: Ρέντινγκ Macedonian: Рединг Polish: Reading Telugu: రెడ్డిఙ్
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