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To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
example
Have you read this book?
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To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
example
All right, class, who wants to read next?
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To read work(s) written by (a named author).
example
At the moment I'm reading Milton.
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To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.
example
I can read his feelings in his face.
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To consist of certain text.
example
On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance".
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Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
example
Arabic reads right to left.
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To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
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(usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
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To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
example
Do you read me?
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To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)
example
A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance.
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(except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
example
I am reading theology at university.
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To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
example
to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard
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To think, believe; to consider (that).
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To advise; to counsel. See rede.
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To tell; to declare; to recite.
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To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
example
Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
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To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.