reading : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: reading	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for reading
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
reading n the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading" a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart" a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" Synonym(s): reading, meter reading, indication written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport" Synonym(s): reading, reading material a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something Synonym(s): interpretation, reading, version a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" Synonym(s): recitation, recital, reading the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" Synonym(s): reading, meter reading
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Read \Read\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Read}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Reading}.] [OE. reden, r[91]den, AS. r[aemac]dan to read, advice, counsel, fr. r[aemac]d advise, counsel, r[aemac]dan (imperf. reord) to advice, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[be][edh]a, Goth. r[emac]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[be]dh to succeed. [root]116. Cf. Riddle.] 1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See {Rede}. Therefore, I read thee, get to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale. 2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. 3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] But read how art thou named, and of what kin. --Spenser. 4. To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book. Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. --Chaucer. Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. 5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. 6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. --Spenser. Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. 7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. {To read one's self in}, to read about the Thirty-nine Articles and the Declaration of Assent, -- required of a clergyman of the Church of England when he first officiates in a new benefice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reading \Read"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read. 2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading. 3. A lecture or prelection; public recital. The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. --Hooker. 4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version. 5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant] 6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer. {Reading of a bill} (Legislation), its normal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Reading \Read"ing\, a. 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. {Reading book}, a book for teaching reading; a reader. {Reading desk}, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church. {Reading glass}, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc. {Reading man}, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student. {Reading room}, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Reading, KS (city, FIPS 58600) Location: 38.51909 N, 95.95750 W Population (1990): 264 (115 housing units) Area: 0.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66868 Reading, MA (CDP, FIPS 56165) Location: 42.53577 N, 71.10700 W Population (1990): 22539 (8104 housing units) Area: 25.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 01867 Reading, MI (city, FIPS 67500) Location: 41.83920 N, 84.74733 W Population (1990): 1127 (436 housing units) Area: 2.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 49274 Reading, MN Zip code(s): 56165 Reading, OH (city, FIPS 65732) Location: 39.22439 N, 84.43141 W Population (1990): 12038 (5117 housing units) Area: 7.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Reading, PA (city, FIPS 63624) Location: 40.33900 N, 75.92642 W Population (1990): 78380 (34276 housing units) Area: 25.3 sq km (land), 0.7 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 19601, 19602, 19604, 19605, 19611 Reading, VT Zip code(s): 05062