читать, прочесть, считывать, чтение, чтиво, начитанный, образованный
глагол ↓
- читать
- читаться
the play reads better than it acts — пьеса читается лучше, чем звучит со сцены 
the book reads like a translation — книга читается /воспринимается/ как перевод
the sentence reads oddly — это предложение странно звучит
this doesn’t read like a child’s composition — не похоже, чтобы это сочинение написал ребёнок
- зачитывать (публично), оглашать
to read a report to the meeting — а) огласить отчёт на заседании; б) сделать доклад на собрании
read and approved — заслушано и одобрено (о протоколе, плане и т. п.)
after the will had been read — после оглашения завещания
- гласить
the document reads as follows — документ гласит следующее
the paragraph reads to the effect that all men are equal — в этом абзаце говорится /провозглашается/, что все люди равны
how does the sentence read now? — как теперь звучит /сформулировано/ это предложение?
this ticket reads to Boston — в билете сказано «до Бостона»
the passage reads thus in early manuscripts — в ранних манускриптах это место читается так
- разбирать, расшифровывать; прочитать
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существительное ↓
- разг. чтение; время, проведённое за чтением
to enjoy a good read — наслаждаться чтением интересной книги
to take a quick read at a book — бегло просмотреть книгу
time for a long read — время, чтобы всласть почитать
- вчт. считывание (данных)
прилагательное ↓
- (часто in) начитанный, сведущий (в какой-л. области), имеющий какую-л. подготовку
a widely read man — широко образованный человек
to be well [deeply, slightly, little] read in a subject — иметь хорошую [глубокую, некоторую, слабую] подготовку в какой-л. области
- прочитанный
to hear a read speech — выслушать речь, которая читалась по тексту
the most read of all books — книга, у которой больше всего читателей
to take as read — а) утвердить без зачитывания; the minutes were taken as read
we’ll take this as read — ≅ это так, и нечего об этом толковать
Мои примеры
Словосочетания
children learning to read and write — дети, которые учатся читать и писать
read the bedtime story in a hypnotic voice — прочитать сказку на ночь усыпляющим голосом
to read smb. like a book — прекрасно понимать кого-л., видеть насквозь
destructive read-out — считывание информации с разрушением
to read down to the last page — дочитать до последней страницы
to read with careless facility — читать с беззаботной невнимательностью
to read the galleys — читать гранки
to read an instrument — снимать показание прибора
to know how to read — уметь читать
to read / study law — изучать право, учиться на юриста
to read by the light of a candle — читать при свете свечи
to read men’s hearts — читать в людских сердцах
Примеры с переводом
He likes to read.
Он любит читать.
I will read it.
Я прочитаю это.
Can you read French?
Ты умеешь читать по-французски?
‘ No vacancies ‘, the sign read.
Табличка гласила: «Свободных мест нет».
He read the poem aloud.
Он прочитал стихотворение вслух.
It was too dark to read.
Для чтения было слишком темно.
Can you read Greek?
Умеете читать по-гречески?
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Примеры, ожидающие перевода
…the mischievous teacher likes to call on the sleepiest-looking students to read aloud from the textbook… 
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Фразовые глаголы
read back — повторять записанный текст, считывать в обратном направлении
read off — объяснять, выражать
read out — читать вслух, исключать из организации, перечесть
read up — специально изучать
Возможные однокоренные слова
misread — неправильно истолковывать, прочитать неправильно, читать неправильно
readable — удобочитаемый, четкий, хорошо написанный, интересный
reader — читатель, считыватель, чтец, программа чтения, хрестоматия, корректор
readily — легко, с готовностью, охотно, быстро, без труда
readiness — готовность, подготовленность, находчивость, живость, быстрота, охота
reading — чтение, считывание, понимание, знания, начитанность, толкование, лекция
unread — непрочитанный
reread — перечитывать
overread — читать слишком много, зачитываться, давать завышенные показания
Формы слова
verb
I/you/we/they: read
he/she/it: reads
ing ф. (present participle): reading
2-я ф. (past tense): read
3-я ф. (past participle): read
Learning English can be a full time and sometimes frustrating job. It is possibly the craziest language on the planet and yet it is spoken by one in seven people. Very often English teachers have to pronounce READ.
Very often English teachers have to explain things that don’t really make sense, nor do they seem to follow any set of logical rules.
Let’s face it, English pronunciation, by and large, is unpredictable. It takes effort and practice to get it right, or at least get close to the correct pronunciation. In this lesson, Gabby examines the past, present, and future tenses of the word “read”
She explains that in the present and future tenses, “read” is pronounced like “reed”, whereas in the past tense, it is pronounced “red” like the primary color.
The more you listen to native English speakers, and pay attention to how they speak, the better your English will be. Try to imitate native speakers at every opportunity.
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Today, I’m going to talk about pronouncing the word “read”. Did you know that there are two ways to pronounce this word? When it’s in the present and future tense, “read” is pronounced as “reed”. But when it’s in the past tense, it’s pronounced “red”, like the colour red.
Here are some examples.
Present: “Nurul likes to read articles relating to health and fitness.”
This is the present, so it’s pronounced as “reed”.
Future: “I am going to read this book tomorrow.”
This is the future, so it’s also pronounced as “reed”.
Past: “I read your essay yesterday and I loved it.”
This is referring to the past, so it’s pronounced as “red”.
Now don’t worry if this is confusing for you. Even if you always pronounce it as “reed”, people would still understand you. It’s not a big problem. This post is to help you understand how this word is pronounced based on whether it’s in past, present or future tense.
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American English:
[ˈɹɛd]
Mike
[ˈɹid]
Mike
[ˈɹɛd]
Lela
[ˈɹid]
Lela
[ˈɹid]
Jeevin
Jeevin
[ˈɹɛd]
Jeevin
Jeevin
British English:
[ˈriːd]IPA
/rEEd/phonetic spelling
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Phonetic symbols cheat sheet
English[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”).
Cognate with Scots rede, red (“to advise, counsel, decipher, read”), Saterland Frisian räide (“to advise, counsel”), West Frisian riede (“to advise, counsel”), Dutch raden (“to advise; guess, counsel, rede”), German raten (“to advise; guess”), Danish råde (“to advise”), Swedish råda (“to advise, counsel”), Persian رده (rade, “to order, to arrange, class”). The development from ‘advise’ to ‘interpret, interpret letters, read’ is unique to English among Germanic languages. Compare rede.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) enPR: rēd, IPA(key): /ɹiːd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɹid/
- Rhymes: -iːd
- Homophones: reed, rede
Verb[edit]
read (third-person singular simple present reads, present participle reading, simple past read, past participle read or (archaic, dialectal) readen)
- (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
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Have you read this book?
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He doesn’t like to read.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
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1982, Robert M. Evenson, “»Liberated» Woman»”, in The Cincinnati Enquirer:
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She reads Playgirl magazine, goes to a male-strip joint and then complains about sexual harassment on the job.
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1983, Shen, James C. H., “A Round of Calls”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally[1], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 112:
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On this occasion he was carrying in his right hand a copy of the English-language China News, an odd touch because the President did not read English.
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- Synonyms: interpret, make out, make sense of, understand, scan
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- (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
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He read us a passage from his new book.
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All right, class, who wants to read next?
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1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
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In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
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1922, Ben Travers, chapter 1, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[2]:
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He read the letter aloud. Sophia listened with the studied air of one for whom, even in these days, a title possessed some surreptitious allurement. […]
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- Synonym: read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak
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- (transitive) To read work(s) written by (a named author).
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At the moment I’m reading Milton.
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- (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
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She read my mind and promptly rose to get me a glass of water.
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I can read his feelings in his face.
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- To consist of certain text.
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On the door hung a sign that reads «No admittance».
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The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts.
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- (ergative) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
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Arabic reads right to left.
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That sentence reads strangely.
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- (transitive, frequently humorous) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
- Synonym: sic pro
- 1832, John Lemprière et al., Bibliotheca classica, Seventh Edition, W. E. Dean, page 263:
- In Livy, it is nearly certain that for Pylleon we should read Pteleon, as this place is mentioned in connection with Antron.
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Our school focuses primarily on the classical authors (read «dead white males»).
- (informal, usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
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2009, Suzee Vlk; et al, The GRE Test for Dummies, Sixth Edition, Wiley Publishing, →ISBN, page 191:
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Eliminate illogical (read: stupid) answer choices.
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- (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
- Synonyms: copy, hear, receive
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Do you read me?
- (transitive, rail transport) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
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A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance.
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- (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
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I am reading theology at university.
- Synonyms: learn, study
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1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 94:
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Crabbe wanted him to go to England, to read for a degree there.
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- (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
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to read a hard disk
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to read a port
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to read the keyboard
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- (transitive, LGBT) To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
- Synonym: clock
- Antonym: pass
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Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
- (at first especially in the black LGBT community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
- 1997, Framing Culture: Africanism, Sexuality and Performance, page 186 (also discussing Paris is Burning):
- Snapping, we are told, comes from reading, or exposing hidden flaws in a person’s life, and out of reading comes shade […]
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2003, Philip Auslander, Performance: Media and technology, page 179:
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CB [a black gay person being quoted]: «So, one time I read him and we were standing downstairs at the front desk in the dorm and I read him and there was this little bell […] .» In the first example, the interviewee [CB] used snapping to read his white friend in a playful way, […] .
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- 2013, Queer Looks, page 114 (discussing Paris is Burning and «the ball world»):
- [One] assumes that such language contests are racially motivated—black folks talking back to white folks. However, the ball world makes it clear that blacks can read each other too.
- 1997, Framing Culture: Africanism, Sexuality and Performance, page 186 (also discussing Paris is Burning):
- (go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
- (obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
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Therfore, I read thee, get to Gods word, and thereby trye all doctrine […]
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1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 6:
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This is the wandring wood, this Errours den,
A monster vile, whom God and man does hate:
Therefore I read beware.
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- (obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
Usage notes[edit]
Unlike the much less common sic pro which is set off in brackets, admonitions for the reader to emend a quote to read a separate meaning are typically put within parentheses.
Conjugation[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
- arread
- beread
- cold read
- dictated but not read
- have one’s head read
- lip read/lip-read
- mind-read
- misread
- overread
- read along
- read between the lines
- read dating
- read ’em and weep
- read for
- read my lips
- read out
- read over
- read someone like a book
- read someone the riot act
- read someone to filth
- read someone’s mind
- read the green
- read through
- read up
- read-only
- readable
- reader
- reading
- RTFM
- sight read
- speed-read
- underread
- unread
- well-read
- WORM/Write Once Read Many
Translations[edit]
to look at and interpret letters or other information
- Afrikaans: lees (af)
- Albanian: lexoj (sq), zgledh
- Amharic: ማንበብ (manbäb)
- Arabic: قَرَأَ (ar) (qaraʔa)
- Hijazi Arabic: قَرَا (gara), قِري (giri)
- Aragonese: leyer
- Armenian: կարդալ (hy) (kardal), ընթերցել (hy) (əntʿercʿel)
- Aromanian: ghivãsescu, yivãsescu, dyivãsescu
- Assamese: পঢ় (porh)
- Asturian: lleer (ast)
- Azerbaijani: oxumaq (az)
- Bashkir: уҡыу (uqıw)
- Basque: irakurri, leitu
- Belarusian: чыта́ць impf (čytácʹ), прачыта́ць pf (pračytácʹ)
- Bengali: পড়া (bn) (poṛa)
- Breton: lenn (br)
- Bulgarian: чета́ (bg) impf (četá), прочета́ pf (pročetá)
- Burmese: ဖတ် (my) (hpat), စာဖတ် (my) (cahpat)
- Catalan: llegir (ca)
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ɣer
- Central Dusun: basa
- Chechen: деша (deša)
- Cherokee: ᎠᎪᎵᏰᎠ (agoliyea)
- Cheyenne: -hoéstá
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 讀／读 (duk6)
- Dungan: нян (ni͡an), кан (kan), дў (dw)
- Mandarin: 讀／读 (zh) (dú) (more literarily); 看 (zh) (kàn) (more colloquially)
- Min Dong: 讀／读 (zh-min-nan) (tha̍k, tho̍k)
- Chukchi: калевэтгавык (kalevėtgavyk)
- Chuukese: anneani
- Chuvash: вула (vula)
- Cornish: lenna, redya
- Corsican: leghja (co)
- Czech: číst (cs) impf
- Danish: læse (da)
- Dutch: lezen (nl)
- Esperanto: legi (eo)
- Estonian: lugema, vaatama (et)
- Even: таҥ- (taŋ-)
- Evenki: таң-
- Extremaduran: leyel, leel
- Faroese: lesa
- Fijian: wilika (fj)
- Finnish: lukea (fi)
- French: lire (fr)
- Galician: ler (gl)
- Georgian: კითხვა (ḳitxva)
- German: lesen (de)
- Alemannic German: läse
- Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌺𐌿𐌽𐌽𐌰𐌽 (anakunnan)
- Greek: διαβάζω (el) (diavázo)
- Ancient: ἀναγιγνώσκω (anagignṓskō), ἐντυγχάνω (entunkhánō), ἀναλέγω (analégō), ἀνανέμω (ananémō)
- Greenlandic: atuarpoq, atuarpaa
- Guaraní: moñe’ẽ
- Gujarati: વાંચવું (vā̃cvũ)
- Hawaiian: heluhelu
- Hebrew: קָרָא (he) (kará)
- Hindi: पढ़ना (hi) (paṛhnā)
- Hungarian: olvas (hu), elolvas (hu)
- Hunsrik: lese
- Icelandic: lesa (is)
- Ido: lektar (io)
- Indonesian: baca (id)
- Ingrian: lukkia
- Ingush: деша (deša)
- Irish: léigh
- Istriot: lezi
- Italian: leggere (it)
- Japanese: 読む (ja) (よむ, yomu)
- Javanese: maca (jv)
- Kabyle: ɣer
- Kashmiri: پَرُن (parun)
- Kazakh: оқу (kk) (oqu)
- Khmer: មើល (km) (məəl), អាន (km) (ʼaan)
- Kildin Sami: ло̄гкэ (lōgke)
- Konkani: वाजचे (vāj(ü)ce)
- Korean: 읽다 (ko) (ikda)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: خوێندن (ckb) (xwêndin)
- Northern Kurdish: xwendin (ku), xwandin (ku)
- Kyrgyz: окуу (ky) (okuu)
- Ladino: meldar (מילדאר)
- Lao: ອ່ານ (ʼān)
- Latgalian: skaiteit
- Latin: legō (la)
- Latvian: lasīt (lv)
- Limburgish: (please verify) leuze (Maastricht)
- Lithuanian: skaityti (lt)
- Lombard: leg (lmo)
- Luxembourgish: liesen (lb)
- Lü: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: чита impf (čita)
- Malay: baca (ms)
- Malayalam: വായിക്കുക (ml) (vāyikkuka), വായന (ml) (vāyana)
- Maltese: qara
- Manchu: ᡨᡠ᠋ᠸᠠᠮᠪᡳ (tuwambi)
- Mansaka: basa
- Manx: lhaih
- Maore Comorian: usoma
- Maori: rīti
- Marathi: वाचणे (mr) (vāċṇe)
- Minangkabau: baco
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: унших (mn) (unšix)
- Mongolian: ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠬᠤ (uŋsiqu)
- Nepali: पढ्नु (paḍhnu)
- Moroccan Amazigh: ⵖⵔ (ɣr)
- Nahuatl: pōhua
- Navajo: ółtaʼ
- Neapolitan: legge
- Nepali: पढ्नु (paḍhnu)
- Ngazidja Comorian: usoma
- Norman: liéthe
- North Frisian: (Mooring dialect) leese, (Föhr-Amrum) lees
- Northern Sami: lohkat
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lese (no)
- Nynorsk: lesa (nn)
- Occitan: legir (oc)
- Okinawan: 読むん (yumun)
- Old Church Slavonic:
- Cyrillic: читати impf (čitati), чьтати impf (čĭtati)
- Old East Slavic: читати impf (čitati)
- Old English: rǣdan
- Old Javanese: waca
- Old Saxon: lesan
- Oriya: ପଢିବା (pôḍhiba)
- Oromo: beekuu
- Papiamentu: lesa
- Pashto: لوستل (ps) (lwastǝl)
- Pennsylvania German: lese
- Persian: خواندن (fa) (xândan), خوندن (xundan) (colloquial Tehrani)
- Piedmontese: lese
- Polish: czytać (pl) impf, przeczytać (pl) pf
- Portuguese: ler (pt)
- Quechua: ñawilliy, ñawiy, qillqaqhaway, ñawinchay (qu), liyiy
- Romanian: a citi (ro), a lectura (ro)
- Romansch: leɡer, liɡer, ler
- Russian: чита́ть (ru) impf (čitátʹ), прочита́ть (ru) pf (pročitátʹ)
- Samoan: faitau
- Sanskrit: पठ् (sa) (paṭh), पठति (sa) (paṭhati)
- Sardinian: lègere, lèghere, lèzere, lígere, ligi, lígiri, lízere
- Scottish Gaelic: leugh
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чѝтати impf
- Roman: čìtati (sh) impf
- Shan: လူလိၵ်ႈ (shn) (lǔu līk), ဢၢၼ်ႇ (shn) (ʼàan)
- Sicilian: lèggiri (scn), liggiri (scn), lèiri (scn), liiri (scn)
- Sindhi: پڙهڻ (parhanu)
- Sinhalese: කියවනවා (kiyawanawā)
- Slovak: čítať (sk) impf
- Slovene: brati (sl) impf, čìtati impf
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: cytaś impf
- Upper Sorbian: čitać (hsb) impf
- Sotho: bala (st)
- Spanish: leer (es)
- Swahili: kusoma
- Swedish: läsa (sv)
- Sylheti: ꠙꠠꠣ (foṛa)
- Tagalog: bumasa (tl), basahin, magbasa
- Tahitian: taió
- Tajik: хондан (tg) (xondan)
- Tamil: வாசி (ta) (vāci), படி (ta) (paṭi)
- Tatar: укырга (tt) (uqırga)
- Telugu: చదువు (te) (caduvu)
- Tetum: lee
- Thai: อ่าน (th) (àan)
- Tibetan: ཀློག (klog), ལྗགས་ཀློག (ljags klog) (honorific)
- Turkish: okumak (tr)
- Turkmen: okamak
- Ukrainian: чита́ти (uk) impf (čytáty), прочита́ти pf (pročytáty)
- Urdu: پَڑھنا (paṛhnā)
- Uyghur: ئوقۇماق (oqumaq)
- Uzbek: oʻqimoq (uz)
- Venetian: lèzar, lèzer, lezar, lezer, lèxar, lèxer, leđer (vec)
- Vietnamese: đọc (vi)
- Vilamovian: łaoza
- Volapük: reidön (vo)
- Walloon: lére (wa)
- Welsh: darllen (cy)
- West Flemish: leezn
- West Frisian: lêze (fy)
- Yakut: аах (aaq)
- Yiddish: לייענען (leyenen), לעזן (lezn)
- Yucatec Maya: xook
- Zhuang: dog, doeg
to speak aloud words or other information that is written
- Afrikaans: lees (af)
- Albanian: lexon
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: قَرَأَ (ar) (qaraʔa)
- Armenian: կարդալ (hy) (kardal), ընթերցել (hy) (əntʿercʿel)
- Asturian: lleer (ast)
- Bashkir: уҡыу (uqıw)
- Basque: irakurri
- Belarusian: чыта́ць impf (čytácʹ)
- Bengali: please add this translation if you can
- Breton: lenn (br)
- Bulgarian: чета́ (bg) impf (četá), прочета́ pf (pročetá)
- Burmese: ဖတ် (my) (hpat)
- Catalan: llegir (ca)
- Chechen: еша (ješa)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 讀／读 (zh) (dú) (more literarily); 念 (zh) (niàn) (more colloquially)
- Czech: číst (cs), předčítat
- Danish: læse (da)
- Dutch: voorlezen (nl)
- Esperanto: legi (eo), laŭtlegi
- Estonian: lugema
- Faroese: lesa
- Finnish: lukea (fi)
- French: lire (fr)
- Galician: ler (gl)
- Georgian: კითხვა (ḳitxva)
- German: vorlesen (de)
- Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍃𐌹𐌲𐌲𐍅𐌰𐌽 (ussiggwan)
- Greek: διαβάζω (el) (diavázo)
- Ancient: ἀναγιγνώσκω (anagignṓskō), προαναγιγνώσκω (proanagignṓskō)
- Guaraní: moñe’ẽ I
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hawaiian: heluhelu
- Hebrew: קרא (he) (kará), הקריא (he) (hikrí)
- Hindi: पढ़ना (hi) (paṛhnā)
- Hungarian: felolvas (hu)
- Icelandic: lesa (is)
- Irish: léigh
- Italian: leggere (it), leggere ad alta voce
- Japanese: 読む (ja) (よむ, yomu), 読み上げる (ja) (よみあげる, yomiageru)
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Kashmiri: پَرُن (parun)
- Khmer: មើល (km) (merl), អាន (km) (ān)
- Korean: 읽다 (ko) (ikda)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: خوێندن (ckb) (xwêndin)
- Northern Kurdish: xwendin (ku), xwandin (ku)
- Latin: recitō
- Latvian: lasīt (lv)
- Lithuanian: skaityti (lt)
- Malay: baca (ms)
- Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
- Maltese: qara
- Manchu: ᡥᡡᠯᠠᠮᠪᡳ (hūlambi)
- Manx: lhaih
- Maori: kōrero, pānui
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: унших (mn) (unšix)
- Mongolian: ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠬᠤ (uŋsiqu)
- Nepali: वाचन गर्नु (vācan garnu)
- Ngazidja Comorian: usomea
- Norman: liéthe
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lese (no)
- Nynorsk: lesa (nn)
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: خواندن (fa) (xândan), خوندن (xundan) (colloquial Tehrani)
- Piedmontese: lese
- Polish: czytać (pl) impf, odczytywać (pl), odczytać (pl)
- Portuguese: ler (pt)
- Punjabi: ਵਾਚਣਾ (vācṇā)
- Romanian: citi (ro)
- Russian: чита́ть (ru) impf (čitátʹ), прочита́ть (ru) pf (pročitátʹ)
- Samoan: please add this translation if you can
- Sanskrit: पठति (sa) (paṭhati)
- Scottish Gaelic: leugh
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: чѝтати impf
- Roman: čìtati (sh) impf
- Slovak: čítať (sk)
- Slovene: brati (sl)
- Sotho: bala (st)
- Spanish: leer (es)
- Swahili: soma, kusomea
- Swedish: läsa (sv)
- Tagalog: bumasa (tl), basahin
- Tahitian: taió
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Telugu: వల్లెవేయు (te) (vallevēyu)
- Thai: อ่าน (th) (àan), อ่านออกเสียง (àan ɔ̀ɔk sǐiang)
- Tongan: laua
- Turkish: okumak (tr)
- Urdu: پَڑھنا (paṛhnā)
- Vietnamese: đọc (vi)
- Welsh: darllen (cy)
- West Frisian: lêze (fy)
- Yiddish: לייענען (leyenen), לעזן (lezn)
to interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from
- Asturian: lleer (ast)
- Bashkir: уҡыу (uqıw), уҡый белеү (uqıy belew)
- Bulgarian: чета́ (bg) impf (četá), прочета́ pf (pročetá)
- Catalan: llegir (ca)
- Czech: číst (cs), být gramotný
- Dutch: lezen (nl)
- Esperanto: legi (eo)
- Estonian: lugema
- Finnish: lukea (fi)
- French: lire (fr)
- German: lesen können
- Hungarian: olvas (hu), kiigazodik, megfejt (hu), értelmez (hu)
- Irish: léigh
- Italian: leggere (it)
- Kurdish:
- Central Kurdish: خوێندن (ckb) (xwêndin)
- Northern Kurdish: xwendin (ku), xwandin (ku)
- Latin: lego (la)
- Latvian: lasīt (lv)
- Manx: lhaih
- Norman: liéthe
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: lese (no)
- Nynorsk: lesa (nn)
- Persian: خواندن (fa) (xândan), خوندن (xundan) (colloquial Tehrani)
- Polish: czytać (pl) impf
- Portuguese: ler (pt)
- Romanian: putea citi, citi (ro), lectura (ro)
- Russian: чита́ть (ru) impf (čitátʹ), прочита́ть (ru) pf (pročitátʹ)
- Swedish: läsa (sv)
to consist of certain text
- Bulgarian: глася́ (bg) impf (glasjá)
- Finnish: lukea (fi)
- Greek: γράφω (el) (gráfo)
- Hungarian: olvasható (hu), áll (hu), hangzik (hu)
- Indonesian: berbunyi (id)
- Portuguese: dizer (pt)
- Russian: гласи́ть (ru) impf (glasítʹ)
- Spanish: decir (es) (Latin America), poner (es) (Spain)
- Vietnamese: chỉ (vi), đề (vi)
of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way
- Basque: atzeman
- Bulgarian: тълку́вам (bg) impf (tǎlkúvam)
- Catalan: llegir-se
- Czech: (please verify) číst se
- Dutch: gelezen worden
- Finnish: lukea (fi)
- French: se lire
- German: gelesen werden
- Hungarian: olvasandó, olvasható (hu), íródik (hu)
- Indonesian: dibaca (id)
- Italian: leggersi
- Latin: legor (la)
- Polish: czytać się (pl) impf
- Portuguese: ler-se
- Romanian: a fi citit, a fi lecturat
- Russian: толкова́ть (ru) impf (tolkovátʹ)
- Spanish: leerse, interpertase, entenderse (es)
- Vietnamese: viết (vi), ghi (vi)
to substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text
- Hungarian: olvasd
(informal, usually ironic) used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term
- Hungarian: értsd
to be able to hear (in a radio connection)
to observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)
- Hungarian: leolvas (hu)
to make a study of
- Catalan: estudiar (ca)
- Estonian: omandama
- Faroese: lesa
- Finnish: lukea (fi), opiskella (fi)
- French: étudier (fr)
- German: studieren (de), hören (de)
- Hindi: पढ़ना (hi) (paṛhnā)
- Hungarian: tanul (hu), hallgat (hu)
- Indonesian: pelajari
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: vekolîn (ku)
- Latin: studere
- Malayalam: പഠിക്കുക (ml) (paṭhikkuka)
- Nahuatl: machtia (nah)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: studere (no)
- Polish: czytać (pl), studiować (pl)
- Portuguese: estudar (pt)
- Russian: изуча́ть (ru) (izučátʹ)
- Spanish: estudiar (es)
- Swedish: studera (sv)
- Tagalog: aralin
- Turkish: okumak (tr)
- Vietnamese: học (vi), nghiên cứu (vi)
to fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.)
- Hungarian: beolvas (hu)
to imagine sequences of moves
- Japanese: 読む (ja) (よむ, yomu)
Translations to be checked
- Georgian: (please verify) კითხულობს (ḳitxulobs)
- Guaraní: (please verify) moñe’ẽ
- Ido: (please verify) lektar (io)
- Indonesian: (please verify) membaca
- Interlingua: (please verify) leger
- Korean: (please verify) 읽다 (ko) (ikda), (please verify) 독서하다 (ko) (dokseohada)
- Romanian: (please verify) citi (ro)
Noun[edit]
read (plural reads)
- A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor’s part of a play or a piece of stored data.
- 1879, Frederick James Furnivall, letter to the editor of «The Spectator»
- One newswoman here lets magazines for a penny a read.
- 1958, Philip Larkin, Self’s the Man
- And when he finishes supper / Planning to have a read at the evening paper / It’s Put a screw in this wall— / He has no time at all […]
- 2006, MySQL administrator’s guide and language reference (page 393)
- In other words, the system can do 1200 reads per second with no writes, the average write is twice as slow as the average read, and the relationship is linear.
- 1879, Frederick James Furnivall, letter to the editor of «The Spectator»
- (in combination) Something to be read; a written work.
- His thrillers are always a gripping read.
- A person’s interpretation or impression of something.
- What’s your read of the current political situation?
- (at first especially in the black LGBT community) An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone’s flaws; a taunt or insult”).
- 1997, Framing Culture: Africanism, Sexuality and Performance, page 186 (also discussing Paris is Burning):
- [As] Corey points out, «if you and I are both black queens then we can’t call each other black queens because that’s not a read. That’s a [fact].»
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2003, Philip Auslander, Performance: Media and technology, page 185:
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Like most African-American women, Pearlie Mae uses snapping in many of the same ways that black gay men use it: to accentuate a read.
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2013, bell hooks, Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom, →ISBN:
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I learned that it was acceptable to be witty, especially if you were one of the wearblackallthetime, deconstructivist, radical, feministbitchydiva girls who could give a harsh read (i.e., critique) or throw shade […] .
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- 1997, Framing Culture: Africanism, Sexuality and Performance, page 186 (also discussing Paris is Burning):
- (biochemistry) The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string
Derived terms[edit]
- cold read
- destructive read
- dirty read
- phantom read
- pseudoread
- read-out, readout
- table read
Translations[edit]
a reading or an act of reading
- Bulgarian: че́тене n (čétene), четиво n (četivo)
- French: lecture (fr) f
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- Hindi: पढ़ना (hi) (paṛhnā)
- Hungarian: olvasás (hu), felolvasás (hu)
- Icelandic: lesning f
- Manx: lhaih m
- Polish: lektura (pl) f
- Portuguese: leitura (pt) f, lida (pt) f, ler (pt)
- Romanian: citire (ro) f, lecturare, intonare (ro) f (actor)
- Sanskrit: पठति (sa) (paṭhati)
- Spanish: lectura (es) f
- Swedish: läsning (sv) c
(in combination) something to be read; a written work
a person’s interpretation or impression of something
Etymology 2[edit]
From Middle English redde (simple past), red, rad (past participle), from Old English rǣdde (simple past), (ġe)rǣded (past participle), conjugations of rǣdan (“to read”); see above.
Pronunciation[edit]
- enPR: rĕd, IPA(key): /ɹɛd/
- Rhymes: -ɛd
- Homophones: red, redd
Verb[edit]
read
- inflection of read:
- simple past tense
- past participle
See also[edit]
Pages starting with “read”.
Anagrams[edit]
- ‘eard, DARE, Dare, Dear, Rade, Reda, ared, dare, dear, rade
Estonian[edit]
Noun[edit]
read
- nominative plural of rida
Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *raud, from Proto-Germanic *raudaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rowdʰós < *h₁rewdʰ-.
Germanic cognates: Old Frisian rād (West Frisian read), Old Saxon rōd (Low German root, rod), Dutch rood, Old High German rōt (German rot), Old Norse rauðr (Danish rød, Swedish röd, Icelandic rauður), Gothic 𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌸𐍃 (rauþs).
Indo-European cognates: Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós), Latin ruber, Old Irish rúad, Lithuanian raũdas, Russian рудо́й (rudój).
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ræ͜ɑːd/
Adjective[edit]
rēad
- red
Declension[edit]
Declension of rēad — Strong
Declension of rēad — Weak
Derived terms[edit]
- rēadnes
Descendants[edit]
- Middle English: red, redde, reed, read, ræd
- English: red
- Scots: rede, reid
- Yola: reed
Swedish[edit]
Verb[edit]
read
- past participle of rea.
Anagrams[edit]
- edra, reda
West Frisian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Frisian rād.
Adjective[edit]
read
- red
Inflection[edit]
| Inflection of read | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | read | |||
| inflected | reade | |||
| comparative | reader | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | read | reader | it readst it readste |
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| indefinite | c. sing. | reade | readere | readste |
| n. sing. | read | reader | readste | |
| plural | reade | readere | readste | |
| definite | reade | readere | readste | |
| partitive | reads | readers | — |
Derived terms[edit]
- reahart
See also[edit]
| wyt | griis | swart |
| read | oranje; brún | giel |
| grien | ||
| blaugrien | blau | |
| fiolet | pears | rôze |
Further reading[edit]
- “read”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011