Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
reading en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹidiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing
- [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ]
- [ˈɹiɾiŋ] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of read
reading en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
- /ˈɹidiŋ/ Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing
- [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ]
- [ˈɹiɾiŋ] Upper Midwestern US, Western US, Canada, pre-/ŋ/-tensing
- (US) audio
- /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/
Etymology
From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding (“reading”), equivalent to read + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The process of interpreting written language.
The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.
That's my reading of the current situation.
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(countable, uncountable) The process of interpreting written language. ▸ The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
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(broadly, countable, uncountable) The process of interpreting written language. ▸ An interpretation.
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(countable, uncountable) A value indicated by a measuring device.
He noted that fine dust readings have been higher in Seoul than in Beijing recently.
2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.
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(countable, uncountable) An event at which written material is read aloud.
I attended a poetry reading.
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(countable, uncountable) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
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(countable, uncountable) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
Some Chinese characters have numerous readings.
Recent reports from Taiwan (Formosa), although fragmentary, begin to give a picture of economic conditions following the conclusion of the war. Now officially referred to as Taiwan Province, the island's former Japanese administration is being replaced by Chinese officials with little change, at least as yet, in the administrative pattern. Although there is no indication that ideographs will be changed, Chinese readings rather than Japanese will be followed for place names. Taihoku, for example, will be read in our alphabet as Taipei. This city presumably will continue to be the capital of Taiwan.
1946 February 16, “China”, in Foreign Commerce Weekly, volume XXII, number 7, Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, United States Department of Commerce, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 26, column 2:
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(countable, uncountable) Something to read; reading material.
This is emphatically true; and hence the Portuguese Epic has been universally recognised as wholesome and tonic reading, in fact, the very reverse of a certain “poisonous honey”; and the general directness of the Camonian style, and the straightforwardness with which the Great Portuguese calls a spade (when he must name it) a spade, is a pleasant contrast to that over-development, or rather abuse of Shelleyism, which in this stage of English versification suggests the “tale full of sound and fury,” and of mighty little meaning, though the words seem very strong.
1881, Camoens: His Life and His Lusiads, pages 725–726:The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading.
1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:
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(countable, uncountable) The extent of what one has read.
He's a man of good reading.
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(countable, uncountable) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
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(countable, uncountable) A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
After the homily there will be two readings from the Bible.
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(uncountable) The content of a reading list.
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(qualifier:go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
Forms
Deriveds
newsreading · spreading · first reading · billet reading · readin' · popcorn reading · mind reading · reading is tech · speechreading · reading wheel · temperance reading room · palm reading · mapreading · reading stone · open reading frame · reading room · cold reading · reading light · reading age · second reading · reading week · reading-lamp · variant reading · reading list · lip reading · face reading · reading frame · reading material · reading comprehension · reading book · speed reading · third reading · book reading · reading copy · bioreading · reading glasses · muscle reading · screenreading · reading nook · cross-reading · mind-reading · reading notice · pendulum reading · reading group · reading knowledge · lip-reading · finger-reading · various reading · playreading · reading break · reading lamp · close reading · rauding · poetry reading · e-reading · nonreading
Translations (157)
fi lukeminen (process of interpreting written language) · et lugemine (process of interpreting written language) · de Gedichtlesung (event at which material is read aloud) · it lettura (event at which material is read aloud) · pt leitura (process of interpreting a symbol) · kk оқу (process of interpreting written language) · sh čìtānje (event at which material is read aloud) · ja 読むこと (process of interpreting written language) · tr okuma (process of interpreting written language) · ru чте́ние (event at which material is read aloud) · az mütaliə (process of interpreting written language) · pl czytanie (event at which material is read aloud) · cmn 读数 (value indicated by a measuring device) · hu olvasás (process of interpreting written language) · fi lukutilaisuus (event at which material is read aloud) · ru чте́ние (process of interpreting written language) · sl branje (process of interpreting written language) · hu mérőóraállás (value indicated by a measuring device) · ru чти́во (event at which material is read aloud) · ml വായന (process of interpreting written language) · it lettura (value indicated by a measuring device) · mi tuhinga (a piece read to an audience) · sh čìtānje (process of interpreting written language) · sh читање (process of interpreting a symbol) · nl lezing (value indicated by a measuring device) · lad meldadura (process of interpreting written language) · fi lukeneisuus (extent of one's reading) · grc ἀνάγνωσις (process of interpreting written language) · lo ການອ່ານ (process of interpreting written language) · cmn 閱讀 /阅读 (process of interpreting written language) · th การอ่าน (process of interpreting written language) · sk čítanie (process of interpreting written language) · fi lähetekeskustelu (one of several stages a bill passes through) · fi lukema (value indicated by a measuring device) · tg хониш (process of interpreting written language) · ml വായന (event at which material is read aloud) · cmn 讀書 /读书 (process of interpreting written language) · fo lesing (process of interpreting written language) · ky окуу (process of interpreting written language) · af lesing (process of interpreting written language) · sh читање (process of interpreting written language) · is lestur (process of interpreting written language) · da fortolkning (interpretation) · am ማንበብ (process of interpreting written language) · pl lektura (process of interpreting written language) · eo legado (process of interpreting written language) · ar قِرَاءَة (process of interpreting written language) · da læsning (process of interpreting written language) · cs čtení (process of interpreting a symbol) · nb lesing (process of interpreting written language) · be чыта́нне (process of interpreting written language) · my အဖတ် (process of interpreting written language) · sq lexim (process of interpreting written language) · bua уншалга (process of interpreting written language) · da forelæsning (event at which material is read aloud) · es lectura (process of interpreting written language) · sv läsning (process of interpreting written language) · lt skaitymas (process of interpreting written language) · tg қироат (process of interpreting written language) · ro lectură (process of interpreting written language) · de Beratung (one of several stages a bill passes through) · de Rezitation (event at which material is read aloud) · hu olvasat (interpretation) · hy ընթերցում (process of interpreting written language) · la lectiō (process of interpreting written language) · fr lecture (process of interpreting written language) · lv lasījums (process of interpreting written language) · uk чита́ння (process of interpreting written language) · km អំណាន (process of interpreting written language) · fi tulkinta (interpretation) · bg показание (value indicated by a measuring device) · tyv номчууру (process of interpreting written language) · acw قراية (process of interpreting written language) · ota قرائت (process of interpreting written language) · bg тълкуване (interpretation) · uz oʻqish (process of interpreting written language) · it lettura (process of interpreting written language) · ar مُطَالَعَة (process of interpreting written language) · mn уншлага (process of interpreting written language) · hu felolvasás (event at which material is read aloud) · da aflæsning (value indicated by a measuring device) · dsb cytanje (process of interpreting written language) · ko 독서 (process of interpreting written language) · yi לייענונג (process of interpreting written language) · bg четене (event at which material is read aloud) · fi lukeminen (process of interpreting a symbol) · fo lestur (process of interpreting written language) · mn ᠤᠩᠰᠢᠯᠭᠠ (process of interpreting written language) · be чыта́ньне (process of interpreting written language) · tg хондан (process of interpreting written language) · id kemampuan membaca (process of interpreting written language) · it interpretazione (event at which material is read aloud) · mk читање (process of interpreting written language) · ny kuŵerenga (process of interpreting written language) · nn lesing (process of interpreting written language) · az yozma (interpretation) · hu leolvasott érték (value indicated by a measuring device) · az oxu (process of interpreting written language) · fa قرائت (process of interpreting written language) · ja 読書 (process of interpreting written language) · it interpretare (process of interpreting a symbol) · vi sự đọc (process of interpreting written language) · it interpretazione (process of interpreting a symbol) · fi ensimmäinen käsittely (one of several stages a bill passes through) · bg че́тене (process of interpreting written language) · cs čtení (process of interpreting written language) · ru показа́ние (value indicated by a measuring device) · ru чте́ние (process of interpreting a symbol) · nl uitlezing (process of interpreting a symbol) · pl czytanie (process of interpreting written language) · gu અર્થઘટન (interpretation) · fi toinen käsittely (one of several stages a bill passes through) · fa مطالعه (process of interpreting written language) · de Lesen (process of interpreting written language) · tg мутолиа (process of interpreting written language) · nv óltaʼ (process of interpreting written language) · tyv номчулга (process of interpreting written language) · sh читање (event at which material is read aloud) · ota اوقومە (process of interpreting written language) · he קְרִיאָה (process of interpreting written language) · es leída (process of interpreting written language) · fa خوانی (event at which material is read aloud) · hu olvasottság (extent of one's reading) · io lektado (process of interpreting written language) · af oplesing (process of interpreting written language) · sh čìtānje (process of interpreting a symbol) · pt leitura (process of interpreting written language) · fa خواندن (process of interpreting written language) · nl lezen (process of interpreting written language) · ko 읽기 (process of interpreting written language) · de Lesung (event at which material is read aloud) · pl czytanie (one of several stages a bill passes through) · hy ընթերցանություն (process of interpreting written language) · bn পড়া (process of interpreting written language) · az qiraət (process of interpreting written language) · my စာဖတ်ခြင်း (process of interpreting written language) · fi lausunta (event at which material is read aloud) · cmn 讀音 /读音 (pronunciation associated with a particular character or word) · tr okuma (event at which material is read aloud) · bg четене (one of several stages a bill passes through) · ru толкова́ние (interpretation) · ga léitheoireacht (process of interpreting written language) · grc ἀνάγνωσις (event at which material is read aloud) · got 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍄𐌾𐍉 (a piece read to an audience) · hi पढ़ना (process of interpreting written language) · nb lesning (event at which material is read aloud) · nl voorlezen (event at which material is read aloud) · uk чита́ння (one of several stages a bill passes through) · tr kıraat (process of interpreting written language) · az oxuma (process of interpreting written language) · ja リーディング (process of interpreting written language) · de Lesung (one of several stages a bill passes through) · te చదువు (process of interpreting written language) · ro citire (process of interpreting written language) · hu óraállás (value indicated by a measuring device) · ar قِرَاءَة (interpretation) · ja 読み (act or process of imagining sequences of moves)