reading
See also: Reading
EnglishEdit
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reading
NounEdit
reading (countable and uncountable, plural readings)
- The process of interpreting written language.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- 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.
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- He noted that fine dust readings have been higher in Seoul than in Beijing recently.
- A meeting where written material is read aloud.
- a poetry reading.
- An interpretation.
- a reading of the current situation.
- Something to read; reading material.
- The extent of what one has read.
- He's a man of good reading.
- (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
- a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible
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process of interpreting written language
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process of interpreting a symbol
value indicated by a measuring device
occasion in which material is read aloud
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interpretation
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something to read — see reading material
extent of one's reading
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one of several stages a bill passes through
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