read
/ɹid/ noun C2- A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data. · I had a read of the evening papers.
- 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?· On the quarterback's first read of the situation, his target receiver was not open.
- An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
- The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
Plural reads
Phrasal verbs and expressions
- read across To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on anothe...
- read along To read together with another person, or with another pre...
- read in To accept as input.
- read into To impart meaning where it is not obvious or does not exist.
- read off To dictate from a list, especially in a way focused on se...
- read out To read something and say the words to inform other peopl...
- read over To read (a document, book, etc.) through, though not nece...
- read through To thoroughly read something to check or proofread it.
- read up To learn (about something) by reading.
From the library
These, she thought, must be the charm, so she read the directions carefully and put the Cap upon her head.
Villefort fell back on his chair, passed his hand over his brow, moist with perspiration, and, for the third time, read the letter.
“I was forced to read the address to know to whom to give it.”
Dantès read it.
Other matches
- read To look at and interpret letters or other infor... A1
- read across To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based...
- read along To read together with another person, or with a...
- read in To accept as input.
- read into To impart meaning where it is not obvious or do...
- read off To dictate from a list, especially in a way foc...
- read out To read something and say the words to inform o...
- read over To read
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