'Read'
[read.n.01] as in: something that is read


Examples:
the article was a very good read


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'Read'
[read.v.01] as in: interpret something that is written or printed


Examples:
read the advertisement
Have you read Salman Rushdie?



'Read'
[read.v.02] as in: have or contain a certain wording or form


Examples:
The passage reads as follows
What does the law say?



'Read'
[read.v.03] as in: look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed


Examples:
The King will read the proclamation at noon



'Read'
[read.v.04] as in: obtain data from magnetic tapes


Examples:
This dictionary can be read by the computer


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'Read'
[read.v.05] as in: interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior


Examples:
She read the sky and predicted rain
I can't read his strange behavior
The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball


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'Read'
[take.v.06] as in: interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression


Examples:
I read this address as a satire
How should I take this message?
You can't take credit for this!



'Read'
[learn.v.04] as in: be a student of a certain subject


Examples:
She is reading for the bar exam



'Read'
[read.v.08] as in: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments


Examples:
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
The gauge read `empty'



'Read'
[read.v.09] as in: audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role


Examples:
He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year


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'Read'
[read.v.10] as in: to hear and understand


Examples:
I read you loud and clear!


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'Read'
[understand.v.03] as in: make sense of a language


Examples:
She understands French
Can you read Greek?



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