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"Read" Definition

noun

Informal Something that is read: "The book is a page-turner as well as a very satisfying read” ( Frank Conroy).
A period of.
Something (as a book) that is read.
The action or an instance of reading.

verb-intransitive

To contain a specific meaning: As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.
To examine and grasp the meaning of printed or written characters, as of words or music.
To have a particular wording: Recite the poem exactly as it reads.
To have a specified character or quality for the reader: Your poems read well.
To indicate, register, or show a measurement or figure: How does your new watch read?.

verb

To receive or take in the sense of (as letters or symbols) especially by sight or touch.
To study the movements of (as lips) with mental formulation of the communication expressed.
To utter aloud the printed or written words of.
To learn from what one has seen or found in writing or printing.
To deliver aloud by or as if by.

biographical name

George 1733–1798 Am. statesman in Revolution.
Sir Herbert 1893–1968 Eng. writer.

verb-transitive

Computer Science To obtain (data) from a storage medium, such as a magnetic disk.
Genetics To decode or translate a sequence of messenger RNA into an amino acid sequence in a polypeptide chain.
To attribute a certain interpretation or meaning to: read her words differently than I did.
To consider (something written or printed) as having a particular meaning or significance: read the novel as a parable.
To determine the intent or mood of: can read your mind like a book; a hard person to read.

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