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1. read

   Synonyms:
   elaborated, premeditated, prepared, recited, studied, written

   Antonyms:
   extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, unpremeditated

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1. readverb

   something that is read

   «the article was a very good read»

2. readverb

   interpret something that is written or printed

   «read the advertisement»; «Have you read Salman Rushdie?»

   Synonyms:
   take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

3. read, sayverb

   have or contain a certain wording or form

   «The passage reads as follows»; «What does the law say?»

   Synonyms:
   enunciate, sound out, aver, scan, say, record, state, enounce, register, learn, interpret, articulate, translate, study, pronounce, enjoin, allege, understand, take, tell, order, suppose, show

4. readverb

   look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

   «The King will read the proclamation at noon»

   Synonyms:
   take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

5. read, scanverb

   obtain data from magnetic tapes

   «This dictionary can be read by the computer»

   Synonyms:
   take, run down, glance over, translate, say, study, show, skim, scan, understand, register, learn, rake, record, interpret

6. readverb

   interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

   «She read the sky and predicted rain»; «I can’t read his strange behavior»; «The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball»

   Synonyms:
   take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

7. take, readverb

   interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

   «I read this address as a satire»; «How should I take this message?»; «You can’t take credit for this!»

   Synonyms:
   take on, demand, take in, shoot, get, call for, exact, take, pack, bring, acquire, involve, register, make, scan, lease, guide, engage, lead, hire, necessitate, select, have, record, occupy, strike, study, get hold of, train, use up, assume, admit, pick out, need, say, adopt, subscribe to, deal, take aim, translate, show, postulate, claim, ingest, hold, carry, contract, aim, require, fill, film, charter, drive, direct, ask, choose, subscribe, convey, submit, understand, conduct, interpret, take up, rent, take away, consider, accept, learn, withdraw, consume, contain, look at, remove

8. learn, study, read, takeverb

   be a student of a certain subject

   «She is reading for the bar exam»

   Synonyms:
   require, pick up, occupy, interpret, rent, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, get word, take on, carry, watch, assume, meditate, scan, memorise, subscribe to, hold, choose, learn, fill, instruct, necessitate, discover, pick out, examine, register, con, have, hit the books, consider, need, study, get a line, say, get wind, contract, deal, adopt, film, remove, ascertain, translate, lease, train, check, consume, take up, larn, bring, analyze, strike, use up, select, take, engage, drive, find out, see, claim, demand, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, canvas, call for, take in, analyse, submit, canvass, take aim, shoot, aim, contemplate, direct, charter, hear, postulate, contain, determine, subscribe, convey, involve, acquire, look at, record, hire, accept, understand, guide, admit, teach, show, memorize, ask, conduct

9. read, register, show, recordverb

   indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

   «The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero»; «The gauge read `empty'»

   Synonyms:
   express, demo, register, show, testify, establish, depict, evidence, put down, take, exhibit, point, indicate, say, record, picture, memorialize, cross-file, shew, file, immortalize, usher, scan, designate, memorialise, render, study, evince, prove, tape, present, demonstrate, understand, interpret, enter, commemorate, translate, immortalise, learn, show up, bear witness

10. readverb

    audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

    «He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar’ at Stratford this year»

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

11. readverb

    to hear and understand

    «I read you loud and clear!»

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

12. understand, read, interpret, translateverb

    make sense of a language

    «She understands French»; «Can you read Greek?»

    Synonyms:
    construe, infer, scan, say, represent, sympathise, transform, show, empathize, rede, register, learn, interpret, sympathize, translate, study, record, empathise, take, realise, realize, render, see, understand

Matched Categories

1. • Audition
   • Interpret
   • Performing Arts
   • Predict
   • Speak
   • Understand

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1. List of paraphrases for «read»:

   reading, follows, lu, lea, dsl, lis, bed, maltese, lus, leer, read-, leen, lira, interpreted, see, lean, lee, lire, readout, afl

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1. Terri Rhinehart:

   Every day it’s getting better and better, i’m only a week and a day out, and I can already read small print, I can read on my phone, I can read menus when I go to restaurants.

2. Alex Trebek:

   Now, obviously I won’t be able to respond to all of you individually, but I did want you to know that I do read everything I receive, and I am thankful for the kind words, the prayers and the advice you have offered and I am extremely touched by the warmth you have expressed in your comments to me.

3. Lloyd Webber:

   When I first read the screenplay, the first thing I said was, ‘We have to have a song for Victoria’.

4. Donald Trump:

   I think it’s the most insulting thing I’ve ever been asked, i think it’s the most insulting article I’ve ever had written, and if you read the article you’ll see that they found absolutely nothing.

5. W. H. Auden:

   There’s only one good test of pornography. Get twelve normal men to read the book, and then ask them, Did you get an erection? If the answer is Yes from a majority of the twelve, then the book is pornographic.

• leesAfrikaans
• ማንበብAmharic
• قرأArabic
• oxumaqAzerbaijani
• чыта́ць, прачыта́цьBelarusian
• чета́, прочета́, чу́вам, прочитамBulgarian
• পড়াBengali
• lennBreton
• sentir, llegir, llegir-se, estudiarCatalan, Valencian
• číst, být gramotný, předčítatCzech
• вулаChuvash
• darllenWelsh
• læseDanish
• studieren, [[gelesen]] [[werden]], vorlesen, [[lesen]] [[können]], lesen, hören, verstehenGerman
• διαβάζω, ανάγνωσηGreek
• legiEsperanto
• leer, entenderse, leerse, decir, interpertase, poner, estudiar, lecturaSpanish
• lugema, kuulma, omandama, vaataEstonian
• atzeman, irakurri, leitu, erakurriBasque
• خواندنPersian
• lukea, kuullaFinnish
• wilikaFijian
• lesaFaroese
• recevoir, lire, étudier, se lire, lectureFrench
• lêzeWestern Frisian
• léighIrish
• leughScottish Gaelic
• lerGalician
• lhaihManx
• קראHebrew
• पढ़नाHindi
• elolvas, felolvas, olvasHungarian
• ընթերցել, կարդալArmenian
• mengerti, berbunyi, pelajari, dibaca, bacaIndonesian
• lektarIdo
• lesa, lesningIcelandic
• leggere, leggersi, leggere ad alta voce, ricevereItalian
• 読む, 読み上げるJapanese
• კითხვაGeorgian
• оқуKazakh
• atuarpoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
• អាន, មើលKhmer
• 읽다Korean
• xwendin, خوێندن, bihîstin, xwandin, bîstin, vekolînKurdish
• окууKyrgyz
• lego, studere, legor, recitoLatin
• liesenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
• ອ່ານLao
• skaitytiLithuanian
• lasītLatvian
• kōrero, pānui, rītiMāori
• читаMacedonian
• പഠിക്കുക, വായിക്കുക, വായനMalayalam
• уншихMongolian
• पठ्Marathi
• bacaMalay
• qaraMaltese
• ဖတ်Burmese
• lezen, ontvangen, horen, gelezen worden, voorlezenDutch
• lese, studere, høre, oppfatte, forståNorwegian
• ííníshtaʼNavajo, Navaho
• ਵਾਚਣਾPanjabi, Punjabi
• studiować, odczytać, czytać, przeczytać, odczytywać, czytać sięPolish
• copiar, dizer, ler, estudar, ler-se, leitura, lidaPortuguese
• ñawinchay, qillqaqhaway, ñawilliy, ñawiyQuechua
• a putea citi, lectura, a lectura, a fi citit, citi, a fi lecturat, lecturare, intonare, citireRomanian
• прочита́ть, чита́ть, изуча́тьRussian
• पठ्, पठतिSanskrit
• lèzere, lègere, lízere, ligi, lígiri, lígere, lèghereSardinian
• čitati, читатиSerbo-Croatian
• කියවනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
• čítaťSlovak
• brati, čìtatiSlovene
• lexon, lexojAlbanian
• balaSouthern Sotho
• höra, läsa, studera, uppfatta, förstå, läsningSwedish
• somaSwahili
• வாசிTamil
• వల్లెవేయు, చదువుTelugu
• хонданTajik
• อ่านออกเสียง, อ่านThai
• okamakTurkmen
• bumasa, basahinTagalog
• okumakTurkish
• укыргаTatar
• чита́ти, прочита́тиUkrainian
• پڑھناUrdu
• oʻqimoqUzbek
• đọc, nghiên cứu, ghi, đề, học, viết, chỉVietnamese
• reidönVolapük
• לייענעןYiddish
• 读Chinese

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