READ

Interpret something that is written or printed

Example: "Read the advertisement"

• construe  10
• interpret  11
• see  3

• anagram  10
• anagrammatise  18
• anagrammatize  27
• reread  7
• • dip into
  • decipher  16
  • trace  7
  • skim  10
  • skim over
  • lip-read
  • lipread  10
  • speech-read
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Have or contain a certain wording or form

Example: "The passage reads as follows"

• say  6

Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

Example: "The king will read the proclamation at noon"

• mouth  10
• speak  11
• talk  8
• utter  5
• verbalise  14
• verbalize  23

• numerate  10
• dictate  10
• call  6

Obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources

Example: "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

• scan  6

• construe  10
• interpret  11
• see  3

• misread  10

Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

Example: "She read the sky and predicted rain"

• anticipate  14
• call  6
• forebode  14
• foretell  11
• predict  12
• prognosticate  18
• promise  11

• scry  9

Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

Example: "I read this address as a satire"

• take  8

• construe  10
• interpret  11
• see  3

• misinterpret  16
• misread  10

Be a student of a certain subject

Example: "She is reading for the bar exam"

• learn  5
• study  9
• take  8

• audit  6
• prepare  11
• train  5
• drill  6
• • exercise  17
  • practice  14
  • practise  12
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Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

Example: "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"

• record  9
• register  9
• show  10

• indicate  11

• say  6
• show  10
• strike  10

Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

Example: "He is auditioning for `julius caesar' at stratford this year"

To hear and understand

Example: "I read you loud and clear!"

Make sense of a language

Example: "She understands french"

• interpret  11
• translate  9
• understand  12