“reading”

Definitions

• noun

  a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England

  Synonyms: address, allocution, application, barometer, beam, bibliolatry, bibliomania, blips, bluestockingism, boning, bookiness, bookishness

• noun

  the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

  • Example:“His main reading was detective stories.”
  • Example:“suggestions for further reading”

• noun

  a particular interpretation or performance

  • Example:“On that reading, it was an insult.”
  • Example:“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

  Synonyms: meter reading, indication

  • Example:“He could not believe the meter reading.”
  • Example:“The barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm.”

• noun

  written material intended to be read

  Synonyms: reading material

  • Example:“The teacher assigned new readings.”
  • Example:“He bought some reading material at the airport.”

• noun

  a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

  Synonyms: interpretation, version