read
verb/riːd/
/riːd/
Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they read | /riːd/ /riːd/ |
| he / she / it reads | /riːdz/ /riːdz/ |
| past simple read | /red/ /red/ |
| past participle read | /red/ /red/ |
| -ing form reading | /ˈriːdɪŋ/ /ˈriːdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols
- She's still learning to read.
- Some children can read and write before they go to school.
- read something I can't read your writing.
- Can you read music?
- I'm trying to read the map.
Homophones read | reedread reed/riːd//riːd/- read verb
- She can read Arabic, but she can't speak it.
- read noun
- Let me just have a quick read of what you've written.
- reed noun
- A saxophone is another instrument that uses a reed.
Extra Examples- He speaks and reads Arabic fluently.
- Most children can read by the age of seven.
- She had great difficulty learning to read and write.
- He learned to read when he was three.
- Some of the kids here can't even read and write.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] to go through written or printed words, etc. in silence or speaking them to other people
- I'm going to go to bed and read.
- The book is very easy to read.
- read to somebody/yourself He liked reading to his grandchildren.
- read something to read a book/magazine/newspaper
- to read an article/a report/a letter/a blog/a review
- Have you read any Steinbeck (= novels by him)?
- one of the most widely read books in the world
- I have read every single post in this entire thread.
- I didn't have time to read the novel.
- I just finished reading your recent article.
- He read the poem aloud.
- read something to somebody/yourself Go on—read it to us.
- Statements from police officers were read to the court.
- read somebody something She read us a story.
Homophones read | redread red/red//red/- read verb (past tense, past participle of read)
- Have you read his new novel yet?
- red adjective
- She's that girl over there in the red dress.
- red noun
- The red of the setting sun glowed on the horizon.
Extra Examples- I read the words out loud.
- Will you read me a story?
- What are you reading at the moment?
- She reads voraciously.
- I used to read to my younger brothers at bedtime.
- Could you read the poem aloud to us please?
- We teach students to read critically.
- She read from the letter.
- She read avidly from an early age—books, magazines, anything.
- I've just read your interesting article.
- I regularly read ‘Time’.
- I read a story to my son every night.
- I listen to my children reading aloud.
- He remembers everything he reads in books.
- She's not someone who reads for pleasure.
- He read her letter with interest.
- Make sure you read the instructions correctly.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to discover or find out about somebody/something by reading
- read about/of something (in something) I read about the accident in the local paper.
- read that… I read that he had resigned.
- I read somewhere that women are starting companies at record rates.
- read something I can't remember where I read it.
- That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever read!
- read something in something Don't believe everything you read in the papers.
- read something on something I read it on the internet.
Extra Examples- Hogan had read about her death in the paper.
- I had read of the case in the local newspaper.
- I read about it in today's paper.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- aloud
- silently
- carefully
- …
- be able to
- can
- learn to
- …
- about
- from
- in
- …
- read and write
- read for fun
- read for pleasure
- …
- [transitive] read somebody’s mind/thoughts to guess what somebody else is thinking
- Tell me what you want—I can't read your mind!
- [transitive] read somebody’s lips to look at the movements of somebody’s lips to learn what they are saying see also lip-read
- [transitive] to understand something in a particular way synonym interpret
- read something How do you read the present situation?
- read something as something Silence must not always be read as consent.
- [transitive] + speech to have something written on it; to be written in a particular way
- The sign read ‘No admittance’.
- I’ve changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows…
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. to give a particular impression when read
- Generally, the article reads very well.
- The poem reads like (= sounds as if it is) a translation.
- [transitive] read something (of measuring instruments) to show a particular weight, pressure, etc.
- What does the thermometer read?
- [transitive] read something to get information from a measuring instrument
- A man came to read the gas meter.
- [transitive] read somebody to hear and understand somebody speaking on a radio set
- ‘Do you read me?’ ‘I'm reading you loud and clear.’
- [transitive] read A for B | read B as A to replace one word, etc. with another when correcting a text
- For ‘madam’ in line 3 read ‘madame’.
- [transitive, intransitive] (British English, old-fashioned or formal) to study a subject, especially at a university
- read something I read English at Oxford.
- read for something She's reading for a law degree.
- [transitive] (of a computer or the person using it) to take information from a disk
- read something The computer could not read the disk at all.
- read something into something to read a file into a computer
words/symbols
discover by reading
somebody’s mind/thoughts
somebody’s lips
understand
of a piece of writing
measuring instrument
hear
replace word
subject at university
computing
Word OriginOld English rǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raden and German raten ‘advise, guess’. Early senses included ‘advise’ and ‘interpret (a riddle or dream)’.
Idioms
See read in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee read in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishread between the lines
- to look for or discover a meaning in something that is not openly stated
- Reading between the lines, I think Clare needs money.
read somebody like a book
- to understand easily what somebody is thinking or feeling
read my lips
- (informal) used to tell somebody to listen carefully to what you are saying
- Read my lips: no new taxes (= I promise there will be no new taxes).
read (somebody) the Riot Act
- (British English) to tell somebody with force that they must not do something
take it/something as read
- (British English) to accept something without discussing it
- Can we take it as read that you want the job?
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