look at and comprehend the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is composed

it's the best novel I've ever read

I never learned to read music

I'll go to bed and read for a while

discover (information) by reading it in a written or printed source

he was arrested yesterday—I read it in the paper

I read about the course in a magazine

inspect and record the figure indicated on (a measuring instrument)

I've come to read the gas meter

study (an academic subject) at a university

I'm reading English at Cambridge

(of a computer) copy, transfer, or interpret (data)

it attempts to read the disk without regard to its format

present (a bill or other measure) before a legislative assembly

the bill was accordingly read a second time

hear and understand the words of (someone speaking on a radio transmitter)

‘Do you read me? Over.’

a period or act of reading something

I was having a quiet read of the newspaper

having a specified level of knowledge as a result of reading

Ada was well read in French literature

a man deeply read in history, philosophy, and theology

having a readership of a specified extent

it is still a widely read newspaper

a little-read English columnist whose name escapes me