reading
/ˈɹiːdɪŋ/ noun A1- The process of interpreting written language. · The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.· That's my reading of the current situation.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device. · He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.
- An event at which written material is read aloud. · I attended a poetry reading.
- The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts. · Some Chinese characters have numerous readings.
- Something to read; reading material.
Plural readings
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Armitage, of Crane Water, near Reading.
He made Morrel wait in the antechamber, although he had no one with him, for the simple reason that the king’s procureur always makes everyone wait, and after passing a quarter of an hour in reading the papers, he ordered M.
Neither did he appear to have pursued any course of reading which might fit him for a degree in science or any other recognized portal which would give him an entrance into the learned world.
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