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/ɹiːd/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To look at and understand written words.

  2. 02

    verb

    To understand information shown by signs or signals.

Examples

  • Give the letter to your mother when you've read it.

  • I read a book while eating.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /rɛːd/
  • /riːd/

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

  2. To consist of certain text.

  3. To be understood or physically read in a specific way.

More examples

In context

  • Take a book and read it.

  • Arabic reads right to left.

  • Have you read this book?

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”). Cognate with Scots rede, red (“to advise, counsel, decipher, read”), Saterland Frisian räide (“to advise, counsel”), West Frisian riede (“to advise, counsel”), Dutch raden (“to advise; guess”), German raten (“to advise; guess”), Danish råde (“to advise”), Swedish råda (“to advise, counsel”), Persian رده (rade, “to order, to arrange, class”). In West Germanic the verb had a sense “interpret”, which developed further into “interpret letters” in English and “interp...