Reading
['riːdɪŋ] or ['ridɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; 'he has a job meter reading for the gas company'.
(noun.) the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; 'his main reading was detective stories'; 'suggestions for further reading'.
(noun.) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; 'he could not believe the meter reading'; 'the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm'.
(noun.) written material intended to be read; 'the teacher assigned new readings'; 'he bought some reading material at the airport'.
(noun.) a particular interpretation or performance; 'on that reading it was an insult'; 'he was famous for his reading of Mozart'.
(noun.) a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England.
Inputed by George--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Read
(n.) The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
(n.) Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
(n.) A lecture or prelection; public recital.
(n.) The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
(n.) Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
(n.) An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
(a.) Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
(a.) Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
Checker: Paulette
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Perusal.[2]. Study of books.[3]. Version, interpretation, lection.
Typist: Marietta
Unserious Contents or Definition
To be engaged in reading in your dreams, denotes that you will excel in some work, which appears difficult. To see others reading, denotes that your friends will be kind, and are well disposed. To give a reading, or to discuss reading, you will cultivate your literary ability. Indistinct, or incoherent reading, implies worries and disappointments.
Edited by Georgina
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists as a rule of Indiana novels short stories in 'dialect ' and humor in slang.
Typist: Sanford
Examples
- I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Amy stood a minute, turning the leaves in her hand, reading on each some sweet rebuke for all heartburnings and uncharitableness of spirit. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Have you come to any conclusion, sir, in your own mind, while I have been reading? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Those who loved reading were obliged to send for their books from England: the members of the Junto had each a few. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- But I hope you HAD finished your reading, Henry? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- These the waggoner delivered to each of us respectively, reading the name aloud first. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It is perhaps natural for a European writer writing primarily for English-reading students to overrun his subject in this way. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- While I was reading a shadow fell across the paper. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The early habit of reading was wanting. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- He had taken up a book from the stall, and there he stood, reading away, as hard as if he were in his elbow-chair, in his own study. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I was reading. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- As to general reading, dear me, what a lot of it I do get through! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Legree had been casting up accounts and reading newspapers for some hours, while Cassy sat in the corner; sullenly looking into the fire. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I remember when we were all reading Adam Smith. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Let me then look on thy dear eyes, and, reading love in them, drink intoxicating pleasure. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- In his travels, and in his accompanying readings, he had come to the conclusion that the essential secret of life was harmony. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Commercially, temperature readings are extremely important. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Sol