reading

See also: Reading

English

Etymology

From read +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• enPR: rēd'ĭng, IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/, [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ], /ˈɹidiŋ/, [ˈɹiɾiŋ]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːdɪŋ

Verb

reading

1. present participle of read

Noun

reading (countable and uncountable, plural readings)

1. The process of interpreting written language.

   The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.

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

   a speedometer reading.

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     He noted that fine dust readings have been higher in Seoul than in Beijing recently.

     Audio (US)

     (file)

4. An event at which written material is read aloud.

   a poetry reading.

5. An interpretation.

   a reading of the current situation.

6. Something to read; reading material.
7. The extent of what one has read.

   He's a man of good reading.

8. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
9. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.

   readings from the Bible

Derived terms

• poetry reading
• reading-lamp
• reading light
• reading material

Translations

process of interpreting written language

• Afrikaans: lesing, oplesing
• Albanian: lexim (sq) m
• Arabic: قِرَاءَة‎ f (qirāʾa), مُطَالَعَة‎ f (muṭālaʿa)
• Armenian: ընթերցում (hy) (əntʿercʿum), ընթերցանություն (hy) (əntʿercʿanutʿyun)
• Azerbaijani: oxu (az), qiraət, oxuma
• Belarusian: чыта́нне n (čytánnje)
• Bengali: পড়া (pôṛa)
• Bulgarian: че́тене n (čétene)
• Burmese: အဖတ် (my) (a.hpat), စာဖတ်ခြင်း (cahpathkrang:)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: čtení (cs) n
• Danish: læsning c
• Dutch: lezen (nl) n
• Esperanto: legado
• Estonian: lugemine
• Faroese: lesing f, lestur m
• Finnish: lukeminen (fi)
• French: lecture (fr) f
• German: Lesen (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀνάγνωσις f (anágnōsis)

• Hebrew: קְרִיאָה‎ (he) f (k'ri'á)
• Hindi: पढ़ना (hi) (paṛhnā)
• Hungarian: olvasás (hu)
• Icelandic: lestur (is) m
• Ido: lektado (io)
• Irish: léitheoireacht 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)
• Kazakh: оқу (kk) (oqw)
• Khmer: អំណាន (km) (ʔɑmnaan)
• Korean: 독서 (ko) (dokseo) (讀書 (ko))

• Kyrgyz: окуу (ky) (oquu)
• Ladino: meldadura f
• Lao: ການອ່ານ (kān ʼān)
• Latin: lectiō f
• Latvian: lasījums m
• Lithuanian: skaitymas (lt) m
• Macedonian: читање n (čitanje)
• Mongolian: уншлага (mn) (unshlaga)
• Navajo: óltaʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lesing (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: lesing f

• Persian: خواندن‎ (fa) (xândan), قرائت‎ (fa) (qerâat) (often in a religious context), مطالعه‎ (fa) (motâle'e)
• Polish: czytanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: leitura (pt)
• Romanian: lectură (ro) f, citire (ro) f
• Russian: чте́ние (ru) n (čténije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: читање n

  Roman: čìtānje (sh) n

• Slovak: čítanie n
• Slovene: branje n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: cytanje n

• Spanish: lectura (es) f
• Swedish: läsning (sv)
• Tajik: хондан (tg) (xondan), хониш (xoniš), мутолиа (mutolia), қироат (qiroat)
• Telugu: చదువు (te) (caduvu)
• Thai: การอ่าน (th) (gaan-àan)
• Turkish: okuma (tr), kıraat (tr) (often in a religious context)
• Ukrainian: чита́ння n (čytánnja)
• Uzbek: oʻqish (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự đọc (vi)
• Yiddish: לייענונג‎ (leyenung)

process of interpreting a symbol

• Czech: čtení (cs) n
• Dutch: uitlezing f
• Finnish: lukeminen (fi)
• Italian: interpretare (it), interpretazione (it) f
• Portuguese: leitura (pt)

• Russian: чте́ние (ru) n (čténije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: читање n

  Roman: čìtānje (sh) n

value indicated by a measuring device

• Bulgarian: показание (bg) n (pokazanie)
• Danish: aflæsning c
• Dutch: lezing (nl) f
• Finnish: lukema (fi)

• Italian: lettura (it) f
• Russian: показа́ние (ru) (pokazánije)

event at which material is read aloud

• Bulgarian: четене n (četene)
• Danish: forelæsning (da) c
• Dutch: voorlezen (nl) n
• Finnish: lukutilaisuus, lausunta (fi)
• German: Rezitation (de) f, Lesung (de) f, Gedichtlesung f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀνάγνωσις f (anágnōsis)

• Hungarian: felolvasás (hu)
• Italian: lettura (it) f, interpretazione (it) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lesning m or f

• Persian: خوانی‎ (fa) (-xâni)
• Russian: чте́ние (ru) n (čténije), чти́во (ru) n (čtívo)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: читање n

  Roman: čìtānje (sh) n

interpretation

• Arabic: قِرَاءَة‎ f (qirāʾa)
• Azerbaijani: yozma
• Bulgarian: тълкуване (bg) n (tǎlkuvane)
• Danish: fortolkning c
• Finnish: tulkinta (fi)

• Gujarati: અર્થઘટન (arthaghṭan)
• Hungarian: olvasat
• Russian: толкова́ние (ru) n (tolkovánije)

something to read — see reading material

extent of one's reading

• Finnish: lukeneisuus

one of several stages a bill passes through

• Bulgarian: четене n (četene)
• Finnish: lähetekeskustelu (fi) (first reading), ensimmäinen käsittely (second reading), toinen käsittely (third reading)
• German: Lesung (de) f, Beratung (de) f

• Polish: czytanie (pl) n
• Ukrainian: чита́ння n (čytánnja)

a piece read to an audience

• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍄𐌾𐍉 (laiktjō)

• Maori: tuhinga

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} lettura (it) f

Anagrams

• Dearing, dearing, deraign, gradine, grained, inraged