Reading

reading
    n 1: the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic
         message; "his main reading was detective stories";
         "suggestions for further reading"
    2: a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading
       it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
    3: 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}]
    4: written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned
       new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the
       airport" [syn: {reading}, {reading material}]
    5: a mental representation of the meaning or significance of
       something [syn: {interpretation}, {reading}, {version}]
    6: a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
    7: 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}]
    8: the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he
       has a job meter reading for the gas company" [syn: {reading},
       {meter reading}]
    

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}.
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            Therefore, I read thee, get thee to God's word, and
            thereby try all doctrine.             --Tyndale.
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   2. To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.
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   3. To tell; to declare; to recite. [Obs.]
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            But read how art thou named, and of what kin.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   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.
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            Redeth [read ye] the great poet of Itaille.
                                                  --Chaucer.
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            Well could he rede a lesson or a story. --Chaucer.
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   5. Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.
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            Who is't can read a woman?            --Shak.
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   6. To discover or understand by characters, marks, features,
      etc.; to learn by observation.
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            An armed corse did lie,
            In whose dead face he read great magnanimity.
                                                  --Spenser.
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            Those about her
            From her shall read the perfect ways of honor.
                                                  --Shak.
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   7. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as,
      to read theology or law.
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   {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.
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Reading \Read"ing\, a.
   1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
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   2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
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   {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.
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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.
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   2. Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of
      extensive reading.
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   3. A lecture or prelection; public recital.
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            The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
                                                  --Hooker.
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   4. The way in which anything reads; force of a word or
      passage presented by a documentary authority; lection;
      version.
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   5. Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of
      rendering. [Cant]
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   6. An observation read from the scale of a graduated
      instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
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   {Reading of a bill} (Legislation), its formal recital, by the
      proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
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READING, n.  The general body of what one reads.  In our country it
consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in "dialect" and
humor in slang.

    We know by one's reading
    His learning and breeding;
    By what draws his laughter
    We know his Hereafter.
    Read nothing, laugh never --
    The Sphinx was less clever!
                                                          Jupiter Muke
    

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
    

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
   ZIP Codes (1990):    
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Reading, OH
    Reading
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Reading, PA
    Reading
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Reading, KS
    Reading
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Reading, MA
    Reading
    

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.
   Headwords:
    Reading, MI
    Reading
    

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      test, text, tirade, touchstone, trace, transmitter signal, type,
      valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, value, variant,
      version, video signal, way of seeing, wide reading, yardstick