What is the meaning of Reading?

noun

• The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message.
  • usage: "his main reading was detective stories"; "suggestions for further reading"
• A particular interpretation or performance.
  • usage: "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.
  • usage: "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm"
  • synonyms: meter reading, indication
• Written material intended to be read.
  • usage: "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport"
  • synonyms: reading material
• A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something.
  • synonyms: interpretation, 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.
  • usage: "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems"
  • synonyms: recitation, recital
• The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments.
  • usage: "he has a job meter reading for the gas company"
  • synonyms: meter reading

verb

• Interpret something that is written or printed.
  • usage: "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie"
  • synonyms: read
• Have or contain a certain wording or form.
  • usage: "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say"
  • synonyms: read, say
• Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed.
  • usage: "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
  • synonyms: read
• Obtain data from magnetic tapes.
  • usage: "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
  • synonyms: read, scan
• Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior.
  • usage: "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
  • synonyms: read
• Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.
  • usage: "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message"; "You can't take credit for this"
  • synonyms: take, read
• Be a student of a certain subject.
  • usage: "She is reading for the bar exam"
  • synonyms: learn, study, read, take
• Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.
  • usage: "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
  • synonyms: read, register, show, record
• Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role.
  • usage: "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
  • synonyms: read
• To hear and understand.
  • usage: "I read you loud and clear"
  • synonyms: read
• Make sense of a language.
  • usage: "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek"
  • synonyms: understand, read, interpret, translate