the action or skill of reading

the reading of a will

suggestions for further reading

reading skills

an occasion at which pieces of literature are read to an audience

a poetry reading

a particular interpretation of a text or situation

feminist readings of Goethe

a figure or amount shown by a meter or other measuring instrument

radiation readings were taken every hour

a stage of debate in parliament through which a Bill must pass before it can become law

the Bill returns to the House for its final reading next week

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 town in Berkshire, southern England, on the River Kennet near its junction with the River Thames; population 142,300 (est. 2009)