Reading (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. the action or practice of a person who reads.
  2. the oral interpretation of written language.
  3. the interpretation given in the performance of a dramatic part, musical composition, etc.: an interesting reading of Beethoven's 5th Symphony.
  4. the extent to which a person has read; literary knowledge: a man of wide reading.
  5. matter read or for reading: a novel that makes good reading.
  6. the form or version of a given passage in a particular text: the various readings of a line in Shakespeare.
  7. an instance or occasion in which a text or other matter is read or performed, usually without elaborate preparation and often as a means of testing its merits: The playwright wants to have a reading of the play for prospective producers.
  8. an interpretation given to anything: What is your reading of the situation?
  9. the indication of a graduated instrument: The reading is 101.2°F.
adjective
  1. pertaining to or used for reading: reading glasses.
  2. given to reading: the reading public.
noun
  1. Lord Chief Justice of England 1913–21; viceroy of India 1921–26.
  2. a city in Berkshire, in S England.
  3. a city in SE Pennsylvania.
  4. a town in E Massachusetts, near Boston.
  5. a city in SW Ohio.
noun
    • the act of a person who reads
    • (as modifier)
    • ability to read
    • (as modifier)
  3. any matter that can be read; written or printed text
  4. a public recital or rendering of a literary work
  5. the form of a particular word or passage in a given text, esp where more than one version exists
  6. an interpretation, as of a piece of music, a situation, or something said or written
  7. knowledge gained from books
  8. a measurement indicated by a gauge, dial, scientific instrument, etc
  9. parliamentary procedure
    • the formal recital of the body or title of a bill in a legislative assembly in order to begin one of the stages of its passage
    • one of the three stages in the passage of a bill through a legislative assembly
  10. the formal recital of something written, esp a will
noun
  1. a town in S England, in Reading unitary authority, Berkshire, on the River Thames: university (1892). Pop: 232 662 (2001)
  2. a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 100 (2003 est). Area: 37 sq km (14 sq miles)
Reading (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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