read out
/ˌɹiːd ˈaʊt/ verb- To read something and say the words to inform other people; to call. · The teacher read out the names of the students who had passed the exam.· He read the names out to the class.
- (of a device) To read some data and inform the person using the device; (of the user) to read some data from the device to inform oneself. · The movement detector is reading out the data now.
- To interpret a part of a law so that it is not struck down but is rendered of no effect or applicability.
From the library
Imagine her surprise, when the White Rabbit read out, at the top of his shrill little voice, the name “Alice!”
At this moment the King, who had been for some time busily writing in his note-book, cackled out “Silence!” and read out from his book, “Rule Forty-two.
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