reading

The process of interpreting written language.

Noun

  1. The process of interpreting written language.
    • The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.
    • That's my reading of the current situation.

    1. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.

    2. (by extension) An interpretation.

  2. A value indicated by a measuring device.
    • He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.
    • He noted that fine dust readings have been higher in Seoul than in Beijing recently. - 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)
  3. An event at which written material is read aloud.
    • I attended a poetry reading.
  4. The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
  5. A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
    • Some Chinese characters have numerous readings.
    • Recent reports from Taiwan (Formosa), although fragmentary, begin to give a picture of economic conditions following the conclusion of the war. Now officially referred to as Taiwan Province, the island's former Japanese...
  6. Something to read; reading material.
    • The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of...
  7. The extent of what one has read.
    • He's a man of good reading.
  8. One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
  9. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
    • After the homily there will be two readings from the Bible.
  10. The content of a reading list.
  11. The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.

Origin

From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding (“reading”), equivalent to read + -ing.

Forms

readings

Derived

billet reading bioreading book reading close reading cold reading cross-reading e-reading face reading finger-reading first reading lip reading lip-reading mapreading mind-reading mind reading muscle reading newsreading nonreading open reading frame palm reading pendulum reading playreading poetry reading popcorn reading

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of read

Origin

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.