'Reading' definitions:

Definition of 'reading'

(from WordNet)
noun
The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
noun
A particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
noun
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" [syn: reading, meter reading, indication]
noun
Written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport" [syn: reading, reading material]
noun
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something [syn: interpretation, reading, version]
noun
A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
noun
A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" [syn: recitation, recital, reading]
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The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" [syn: reading, meter reading]

Definition of 'Reading'

From: GCIDE
  • Reading \Read"ing\, a.
  • 1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Reading'

From: GCIDE
  • Read \Read\ (r[=e]d), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Read (r[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Reading.] [OE. reden, r[ae]den, AS. r[=ae]dan to read, advise, counsel, fr. r[=ae]d advice, counsel, r[=ae]dan (imperf. reord) to advise, counsel, guess; akin to D. raden to advise, G. raten, rathen, Icel. r[=a][eth]a, Goth. r[=e]dan (in comp.), and perh. also to Skr. r[=a]dh to succeed. [root]116. Cf. Riddle.]
  • 1. To advise; to counsel. [Obs.] See Rede. [1913 Webster]
  • Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and thereby try all doctrine. --Tyndale. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • But read how art thou named, and of what kin. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend. [1913 Webster]
  • Who is't can read a woman? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation. [1913 Webster]
  • An armed corse did lie, In whose dead face he read great magnanimity. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • Those about her From her shall read the perfect ways of honor. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law. [1913 Webster]
  • To read one's self in, to read aloud 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Reading'

From: GCIDE
  • Reading \Read"ing\ (r[=e]d"[i^]ng), n.
  • 1. The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A lecture or prelection; public recital. [1913 Webster]
  • The Jews had their weekly readings of the law. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering. [Cant] [1913 Webster]
  • 6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer. [1913 Webster]
  • Reading of a bill (Legislation), its formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'reading'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Reading, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Reading, OH -- U.S. city in Ohio
Population (2000) :
11292
Housing Units (2000) :
5128
Land area (2000) :
2.919617 sq. miles (7.561773 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
2.919617 sq. miles (7.561773 sq. km)
FIPS code :
65732
Located within :
Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
Location :
39.222709 N, 84.439036 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Reading, PA -- U.S. city in Pennsylvania

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Reading, PA -- U.S. city in Pennsylvania
Population (2000) :
81207
Housing Units (2000) :
34314
Land area (2000) :
9.819278 sq. miles (25.431811 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.244400 sq. miles (0.632993 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
10.063678 sq. miles (26.064804 sq. km)
FIPS code :
63624
Located within :
Pennsylvania (PA), FIPS 42
Location :
40.341692 N, 75.926301 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
19601 19602 19604 19605 19611
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Reading, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Reading, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
247
Housing Units (2000) :
108
Land area (2000) :
0.208385 sq. miles (0.539714 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.208385 sq. miles (0.539714 sq. km)
FIPS code :
58600
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
38.519102 N, 95.959091 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
66868
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Reading, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Reading, MA -- U.S. Census Designated Place in Massachusetts
Population (2000) :
23708
Housing Units (2000) :
8823
Land area (2000) :
9.926765 sq. miles (25.710202 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
9.926765 sq. miles (25.710202 sq. km)
FIPS code :
56165
Located within :
Massachusetts (MA), FIPS 25
Location :
42.525850 N, 71.109939 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
01867
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

Reading, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Reading, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000) :
1134
Housing Units (2000) :
432
Land area (2000) :
0.975680 sq. miles (2.527000 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.975680 sq. miles (2.527000 sq. km)
FIPS code :
67500
Located within :
Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location :
41.838392 N, 84.747297 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
49274
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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