Pronunciations (5)
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/ˈɹiːdɪŋ/
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[ˈɹiːɾɪŋ]
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/ˈɹidiŋ/
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[ˈɹiɾiŋ]
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ˈɹiːdɪŋ
Noun
The process of interpreting written language.
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The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.
That's my reading of the current situation.
The process of interpreting written language. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
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The process of interpreting written language. An interpretation.
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A value indicated by a measuring device.
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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.
An event at which written material is read aloud.
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I attended a poetry reading.
The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
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A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
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Some Chinese characters have numerous readings.
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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 administration is being replaced by Chinese officials with little change, at least as yet, in the administrative pattern. Although there is no indication that ideographs will be changed, Chinese readings rather than Japanese will be followed for place names. Taihoku, for example, will be read in our alphabet as Taipei. This city presumably will continue to be the capital of Taiwan.
Something to read; reading material.
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This is emphatically true; and hence the Portuguese Epic has been universally recognised as wholesome and tonic reading, in fact, the very reverse of a certain “poisonous honey”; and the general directness of the Camonian style, and the straightforwardness with which the Great Portuguese calls a spade (when he must name it) a spade, is a pleasant contrast to that over-development, or rather abuse of Shelleyism, which in this stage of English versification suggests the “tale full of sound and fury,” and of mighty little meaning, though the words seem very strong.
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 reading.
The extent of what one has read.
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He's a man of good reading.
One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
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A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
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After the homily there will be two readings from the Bible.
The content of a reading list.
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The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
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the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
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his main reading was detective stories
suggestions for further reading
a particular interpretation or performance
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on that reading, it was an insult
he was famous for his reading of Mozart
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
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he could not believe the meter reading
the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm
written material intended to be read
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the teacher assigned new readings
he bought some reading material at the airport
a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
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a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
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the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems
the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
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he has a job meter reading for the gas company