| dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
|---|
| Sounds | reh'd; riy'd |
|---|---|
| Rhymes | abed, aforesaid, ahead, and 86 more rhymes in ehd at the HyperDic website... |
| accede, accompanied, agreed, and 108 more rhymes in iyd at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | Something that is read. |
|---|---|
| Examples | "the article was a very good read" |
| Broader | publication |
| Verbs | read; read |
| Meaning | Interpret something that is written or printed. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" |
| Entailed by | study, hit the books; proofread, proof |
| Narrower | anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise; reread; dip into; spell out; decipher, trace; skim, skim over; lipread, lip-read, speech-read |
| Broader | interpret, construe, see |
| Similar to | read; read, say |
| Nouns | reader; reader; read; reading |
| Meaning | Have or contain a certain wording or form. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s Adjective/Noun; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The passage reads as follows" |
| Synonyms | say |
| Broader | have, feature |
| Similar to | read |
| Nouns | read |
| Meaning | Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody; Somebody ----s to somebody |
| Model | The parents read a French poem to the children; The parents read the children a French poem |
| Examples | "The King will read the proclamation at noon" |
| Narrower | numerate; dictate; call |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
| Similar to | read |
| Nouns | reader; reader; reading |
| Meaning | Obtain data from magnetic tapes. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "This dictionary can be read by the computer" |
| Synonyms | scan |
| Narrower | misread |
| Broader | interpret, construe, see |
| Meaning | Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.. Also of human behavior. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball" |
| Narrower | scry |
| Broader | predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode, anticipate, promise |
| Similar to | take, read |
| Meaning | Interpret something in a certain way. Convey a particular meaning or impression. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
| Examples | "I read this address as a satire" |
| Synonyms | take |
| Narrower | misread, misinterpret |
| Broader | interpret, construe, see |
| Similar to | read; read |
| Nouns | reading |
| Meaning | Indicate a certain reading. Of gauges and instruments. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "The gauge read `empty'" |
| Synonyms | register, show, record |
| Narrower | say; show; strike |
| Broader | indicate |
| Nouns | reading; reading |
| Meaning | Be a student of a certain subject. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She is reading for the bar exam" |
| Synonyms | learn, study, take |
| Narrower | audit; train, prepare; drill, exercise, practice, practise |
| Meaning | Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Category | performing arts |
| Broader | audition, try out |
| Meaning | To hear and understand. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "I read you loud and clear!" |
| Broader | understand |
| Similar to | take, read |
| Meaning | Make sense of a language. |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "Can you read Greek?" |
| Synonyms | understand, interpret, translate |
| Broader | understand |