READING
\ɹˈiːdɪŋ], \ɹˈiːdɪŋ], \ɹ_ˈiː_d_ɪ_ŋ]\
Definitions of READING
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
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the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"
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a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
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the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books"
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written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"
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a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
By Princeton University
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the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"
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a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
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the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books"
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written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"
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a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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of Read
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The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
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Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
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A lecture or prelection; public recital.
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The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
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Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
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An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
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Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
By Oddity Software
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of Read
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The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
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Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
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A lecture or prelection; public recital.
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The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
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Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
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An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
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Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
By Noah Webster.
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Perusal of written or printed matter; study of books; scholarship; public recital; as, to give readings from the poets; form of a particular passage in a book; as, various readings of a passage in Shakespeare; written or printed matter to be perused; manner of interpreting; as, an actor's reading of his lines; that which is shown by a scientific instrument; as, the reading of a gas meter.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Addicted to reading.
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Act of reading: persual: study of books: public or formal recital: the way in which a passage reads: an interpretation of a passage or work.
By Daniel Lyons
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Addicted to reading.
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A perusal; a public recital; a lecture; a given word or passage as it reads in a particular MS. or printed book; a version or interpretation of a particular passage in a book, as conveying the true meaning of its author; the formal recital of a bill before Parliament, as first reading.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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The act of one who reads; study.
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That which is read; exact form of a passage or word in a given book; interpretation; rendering.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Addicted to or devoted to reading.
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The act of reading; study of books; a lecture; a public recital; the way in which a passage reads; interpretation and rendering; the formal recital of a bill by the proper officer before the legislative body which is to consider it.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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