Synonyms: read
Definition: something that is read
Usage: the article was a very good read
Similar words: publication
Definition: a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
Synonyms: interpret, understand, translate, read
Definition: make sense of a language
Usage: She understands French; Can you read Greek?
Similar words: understand
Definition: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
Usage: She did not understand her husband; I understand what she means
Synonyms: read
Definition: to hear and understand
Usage: I read you loud and clear!
Similar words: understand
Definition: know and comprehend the nature or meaning of
Usage: She did not understand her husband; I understand what she means
Definition: 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!
Similar words: construe, see, interpret
Definition: make sense of; assign a meaning to
Usage: What message do you see in this letter?; How do you interpret his behavior?
Synonyms: read
Definition: interpret something that is written or printed
Usage: read the advertisement; Have you read Salman Rushdie?
Similar words: construe, see, interpret
Definition: make sense of; assign a meaning to
Usage: What message do you see in this letter?; How do you interpret his behavior?
Synonyms: read
Definition: look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
Usage: The King will read the proclamation at noon
Similar words: speak, verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, talk
Definition: express in speech
Usage: She talks a lot of nonsense; This depressed patient does not verbalize
Synonyms: read
Definition: 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
Similar words: predict, prognosticate, promise, call, forebode, foretell, anticipate
Definition: make a prediction about; tell in advance
Usage: Call the outcome of an election
Definition: obtain data from magnetic tapes
Usage: This dictionary can be read by the computer
Similar words: construe, see, interpret
Definition: make sense of; assign a meaning to
Usage: What message do you see in this letter?; How do you interpret his behavior?
Synonyms: show, record, register, read
Definition: indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
Usage: The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero; The gauge read `empty'
Similar words: indicate
Definition: to state or express briefly
Usage: indicated his wishes in a letter
Synonyms: read
Definition: audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
Usage: He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
Similar words: try out, audition
Definition: perform in order to get a role
Usage: She auditioned for a role on Broadway
Definition: have or contain a certain wording or form
Usage: The passage reads as follows; What does the law say?
Definition: have as a feature
Usage: This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France