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reading
/ˈɹidɪŋ/
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What does reading mean?
verb
- present participle and gerund of read
noun
- The process of interpreting written language.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
More meanings (25)
noun
- An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- Something to read; reading material.
- The extent of what one has read.
- One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- The content of a reading list.
- The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
proper noun
- A surname.
- A large town in Berkshire, England.
- A minor city in Lyon County, Kansas.
- A town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts.
- A city and township in Hillsdale County, Michigan.
- An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.
- A ghost town in Pike County, Missouri.
- A town in Schuyler County, New York.
- A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
- An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
- A city, the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, named after Reading in Berkshire, England.
- A town in Windsor County, Vermont.
- A number of other townships, listed under Reading Township.
- A small town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹidɪŋ/
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See this word in context.
“I’d rather finish my tea,” said the Hatter, with an anxious look at the Queen, who was reading the list of singers.
The pleasure that we have in reading such novels is very much like that which we used to feel on hearing fairy-stories.
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She had, however, not gone to rest, but sat in the bedside chair reading and thinking over the events of the day.
Mr. Vincy went home from the reading of the will with his point of view considerably changed in relation to many subjects.
Liff Hyatt, who had come in while he was reading, nodded a “Yes,” and pushed forward to the side of the mattress.