Dictionary entry details
• READ (noun)
Meaning:
Something that is read
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context example:
the article was a very good read
Hypernyms ("read" is a kind of...):
publication (a copy of a printed work offered for distribution)
• READ (verb)
Meaning:
Interpret something that is written or printed
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context examples:
read the advertisement / Have you read Salman Rushdie?
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):
lip-read; lipread; speech-read (interpret by lipreading; of deaf people)
skim; skim over (read superficially)
decipher; trace (read with difficulty)
dip into (read selectively; read only certain passages from a text)
reread (read anew; read again)
anagram; anagrammatise; anagrammatize (read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Meaning:
Have or contain a certain wording or form
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Synonyms:
read; say
Context examples:
The passage reads as follows / What does the law say?
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
feature; have (have as a feature)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The King will read the proclamation at noon
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):
call (read aloud to check for omissions or absentees)
dictate (say out loud for the purpose of recording)
numerate (read out loud as words written numbers)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s to somebody
Sentence examples:
The parents read a French poem to the children
The parents read the children a French poem
Meaning:
Obtain data from magnetic tapes
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
read; scan
Context example:
This dictionary can be read by the computer
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):
misread (read or interpret wrongly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context examples:
She read the sky and predicted rain / I can't read his strange behavior / The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
anticipate; call; forebode; foretell; predict; prognosticate; promise (make a prediction about; tell in advance)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):
scry (divine by gazing into crystals)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
read; take
Context examples:
I read this address as a satire / How should I take this message? / You can't take credit for this!
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
construe; interpret; see (make sense of; assign a meaning to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):
misinterpret; misread (interpret wrongly)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
record; register; read; show
Context examples:
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero / The gauge read 'empty'
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
indicate (to state or express briefly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):
say (indicate)
show (give evidence of, as of records)
strike (indicate (a certain time) by striking)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Be a student of a certain subject
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
learn; study; read; take
Context example:
She is reading for the bar exam
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "read"):
audit (attend academic courses without getting credit)
prepare; train (undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession)
drill; exercise; practice; practise (learn by repetition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Context example:
He is auditioning for 'Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
audition; try out (perform in order to get a role)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
To hear and understand
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
I read you loud and clear!
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Make sense of a language
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
translate; understand; interpret; read
Context examples:
She understands French / Can you read Greek?
Hypernyms (to "read" is one way to...):
understand (know and comprehend the nature or meaning of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
