read
something that is read
- the article was a very good read
• Hypernyms:
publication
1. interpret something that is written or printed (Freq. 115)
- read the advertisement
- Have you read Salman Rushdie?
• Derivationally related forms:
reader, reading
• Hypernyms:
interpret, construe, see
• Hyponyms:
anagram, anagrammatize, anagrammatise, reread, dip into,
dip into, trace, skim, skim over, lipread,
lip-read, speech-read
• Verb Group:
say
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
2. have or contain a certain wording or form (Freq. 17)
- The passage reads as follows
- What does the law say?
• Syn:
say
• Hypernyms:
have, feature
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- Something ----s something
3. look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed (Freq. 15)
- The King will read the proclamation at noon
• Derivationally related forms:
reader, reading
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Hyponyms:
numerate, dictate, call
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody something
- Somebody ----s something to somebody
- Somebody ----s to somebody
- The parents read a French poem to the children
- The parents read the children a French poem
4. obtain data from magnetic tapes (Freq. 5)
- This dictionary can be read by the computer
• Syn:
scan
• Hypernyms:
interpret, construe, see
• Hyponyms:
misread
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky;
also of human behavior (Freq. 5)
- 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:
predict, foretell, prognosticate, call, forebode,
anticipate, promise
• Hyponyms:
scry
• Verb Group:
take
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. interpret something in a certain way;
convey a particular meaning or impression (Freq. 5)
- I read this address as a satire
- How should I take this message?
- You can't take credit for this!
• Syn:
take
• Derivationally related forms:
reading
• Hypernyms:
interpret, construe, see
• Hyponyms:
misread, misinterpret
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
7. be a student of a certain subject (Freq. 4)
- She is reading for the bar exam
• Syn:
learn, study, take
• Derivationally related forms:
study (for: study), studying (for: study)
• Hyponyms:
audit, train, prepare, drill, exercise,
practice, practise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
8. indicate a certain reading;
of gauges and instruments (Freq. 3)
- The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
- The gauge read 'empty'
• Syn:
register, show, record
• Derivationally related forms:
registration (for: register), reading
• Hypernyms:
indicate
• Hyponyms:
say, show, strike
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
9. audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
- He is auditioning for 'Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
• Topics:
performing arts
• Hypernyms:
audition, try out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s PP
10. to hear and understand
- I read you loud and clear!
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Verb Group:
take
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
11. make sense of a language
- She understands French
- Can you read Greek?
• Syn:
understand, interpret, translate
• Derivationally related forms:
understandable (for: understand)
• Hypernyms:
understand
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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