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well-read en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˌwɛl ˈɹɛd/

Meanings

1. Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively.
   • You've been through all of F. Scott Fitzgerald's books You are very well-read It's well known 1965, Bob Dylan, “Ballad of a Thin Man”, in Highway 61 Revisited:

Forms

Relateds

book-read · read up

Translations (28)

fr lettré (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · ro citit (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · tr aydın (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · fi oppinut (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · cmn 博覽群書的 /博览群书的 (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · ca lletrat (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · oc letrat (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · pt versado (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · cs sečtělý (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · ar وَاسِع الاطلاع (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · ja 多読の (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · fi lukenut (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · sh на̏чита̄н (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · sk sčítaný (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · la tinctus litteris (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · bg начетен (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · nl belezen (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · da belæst (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · az mütaliəli (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · sl načitan (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · de belesen (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · pl oczytany (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · es leído (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · nb belest (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · sv beläst (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · uk начи́таний (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · sh nȁčitān (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively) · ru начи́танный (well informed and knowledgeable because of having read extensively)