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Synonyms for read
rɛdread
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Wiktionary
readverb
Synonyms:
understand, make out, learn, make sense of, interpret, studyAntonyms:
passreadverb
To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
readverb
To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Do you read me?
English Synonyms and Antonyms
read
Synonyms:
elaborated, premeditated, prepared, recited, studied, writtenAntonyms:
extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, unpremeditated
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
readverb
something that is read
"the article was a very good read"
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, interpretread, 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, showreadverb
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, interpretread, 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, interpretreadverb
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, interprettake, 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, removelearn, 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, conductread, 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 witnessreadverb
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, interpretreadverb
to hear and understand
"I read you loud and clear!"
Synonyms:
take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpretunderstand, 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
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
readverb
Synonyms:
perusereadverb
Synonyms:
interpret, decipher, unravel, make out, understandreadverb
Synonyms:
practise reading, be studious in booksreadverb
Synonyms:
be read, appear in readingreadadjective
Synonyms:
learned, versed in books
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
readverb
Synonyms:
peruse
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How to use read in a sentence?
Five years ago the front-page headlines were all about unemployment. But now you read about job growth everywhere so people are feeling less worried and they're spending more on durables like furniture and kitchens.
I know people read into it, they think, all that stuff. That is definitely not the reason why I lost tonight. I was ready to go, try my best. It wasn't enough. It's purely here tonight.
>( CNN) It's like the plot of a( bad) thriller movie.A congressman embarks on a secret mission to rescue five American citizens, demanding a huge sum of cash from an ambassador -- immediately ! -- to make it all work.Truth, as people who follow politics closely, is always stranger than fiction.Which brings us to the curious case of Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin and Markwayne Mullin suspended attempt to enter Afghanistan with a big sack of money that Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin hoped would be arranged for Oklahoma Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin by the US ambassador to Tajikistan.As The Washington Post, which broke the story, noted : Read More.
Books are a nice way of traveling without having to go anywhere, a lot of people I know who have been working from home have been using the time that they aren't commuting to read more or talk to friends or be creative in some way. We're learning a new way of being and I think reading is a really big part of that.
He read the writing on the wall.
Translations for read
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- 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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