Read
verb
To look at words and understand what they mean.
She read the book in one day because it was so exciting.
Often appears as...
- read a book
- read a report
verb
To interpret or understand something in a particular way.
I read her silence as a sign that she was angry.
Often appears as...
- read between the lines
- read the situation
verb
To reveal a particular quality, emotion, or attitude through one's expression or behaviour.
His face read pure shock when he saw the surprise party.
Often appears as...
- read someone's face
- read someone's expression
verb
To study and learn about a subject by reading books.
She’s reading English Literature at Harvard University.
Often appears as...
- read for a degree
- read a subject
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To state or recite something that is written or printed.
He read the announcement to the entire office.
Often appears as...
- read a statement
- read a proclamation
Usage tips
Formal
verb
To look at words and understand what they mean.
She read the book in one day because it was so exciting.
Often appears as...
- read a book
- read a report
verb
To interpret or understand something in a particular way.
I read her silence as a sign that she was angry.
Often appears as...
- read between the lines
- read the situation
verb
To reveal a particular quality, emotion, or attitude through one's expression or behaviour.
His face read pure shock when he saw the surprise party.
Often appears as...
- read someone's face
- read someone's expression
verb
To study and learn about a subject by reading books.
She’s reading English Literature at Harvard University.
Often appears as...
- read for a degree
- read a subject
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To state or recite something that is written or printed.
He read the announcement to the entire office.
Often appears as...
- read a statement
- read a proclamation
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/3Reading Speed
Speed at which you read can vary depending on material difficulty and familiarity.
I usually read news articles faster than scientific papers.
Pro Tip 2/3Silent Comprehension
Reading often happens silently in your mind, not always aloud.
In the library, everyone silently read to themselves.
Pro Tip 3/3Pronunciation Challenges
Some words may be difficult to pronounce, affecting reading flow.
Knowledge of phonetics can help read unfamiliar words.
Pro Tip 1/3Reading Speed
Speed at which you read can vary depending on material difficulty and familiarity.
I usually read news articles faster than scientific papers.
Pro Tip 2/3Silent Comprehension
Reading often happens silently in your mind, not always aloud.
In the library, everyone silently read to themselves.
Pro Tip 3/3Pronunciation Challenges
Some words may be difficult to pronounce, affecting reading flow.
Knowledge of phonetics can help read unfamiliar words.
Pro Tip 1/3Reading Speed
Speed at which you read can vary depending on material difficulty and familiarity.
I usually read news articles faster than scientific papers.
Pro Tip 2/3Silent Comprehension
Reading often happens silently in your mind, not always aloud.
In the library, everyone silently read to themselves.
Pro Tip 3/3Pronunciation Challenges
Some words may be difficult to pronounce, affecting reading flow.
Knowledge of phonetics can help read unfamiliar words.
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How playing an...
When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound,
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An ode to the joys of...
started playing with plastic books to be read in the bathtub pop-up books books to be touched books to be smelled books to be heard even liquid books to be touched on a screen clearly I'm a reader I've always been and I hope that I always will be it is actually that passion for reading that made me create
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The benefits of a...
and two passive parts, listening and reading. While a balanced bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilinguals around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And depending on their situation and how they acquired each language,
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The evolution of the...
the cover designs of early books were made to order. Even spines have a history. Initially, they were not considered aesthetically important, and the earliest ones were flat, rather than rounded. The flat form made the books easier to read by allowing the book to rest easily on a table.
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The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
inevitably wildlife doesn't read off a script and it doesn't do always what it's supposed to do on time and we live in such changing times now with climate change we went with an idea of a basic idea what we wanted and then like i said it just grew and grew and grew and it
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Boniface Mwangi: The day...
we come together, we brainstorm, and take up on that issue. So our most powerful tool is art, because we live in a very busy world where people are so busy in their life, and they don't have time to read. So we package our activism and we package our message in art.
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How to build a fictional...
just as well as the characters that live in them do and sometimes, just as well or even better than the reader understands the world outside of the book. But how? How can human-made squiggles on a page reflect lights into our eyes that send signals to our brains
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Own the Room PIPE Official...
he has an algorithm that can read the baby's crying and he's very hot so full package i had a technology where i could make synthetic chemicals but with the sun this is a world-changing idea this is a competition where people can come from
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Can you solve the locker...
and you and your 99 nasty relatives have been invited to the reading of his will. He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever.
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Plato’s Allegory of the...
because it can be read in far more ways. Importantly, the allegory is connected to the theory of forms, developed in Plato's other dialogues, which holds that like the shadows on the wall,
Video examples
How playing an...
When people are hooked up to these machines, tasks, such as reading or doing math problems, each have corresponding areas of the brain where activity can be observed. But when researchers got the participants to listen to music, they saw fireworks. Multiple areas of their brains were lighting up at once, as they processed the sound,
Video examples
An ode to the joys of...
started playing with plastic books to be read in the bathtub pop-up books books to be touched books to be smelled books to be heard even liquid books to be touched on a screen clearly I'm a reader I've always been and I hope that I always will be it is actually that passion for reading that made me create
Video examples
The benefits of a...
and two passive parts, listening and reading. While a balanced bilingual has near equal abilities across the board in two languages, most bilinguals around the world know and use their languages in varying proportions. And depending on their situation and how they acquired each language,
Video examples
The evolution of the...
the cover designs of early books were made to order. Even spines have a history. Initially, they were not considered aesthetically important, and the earliest ones were flat, rather than rounded. The flat form made the books easier to read by allowing the book to rest easily on a table.
Video examples
The Elusive Iberian Lynx...
inevitably wildlife doesn't read off a script and it doesn't do always what it's supposed to do on time and we live in such changing times now with climate change we went with an idea of a basic idea what we wanted and then like i said it just grew and grew and grew and it
Video examples
Boniface Mwangi: The day...
we come together, we brainstorm, and take up on that issue. So our most powerful tool is art, because we live in a very busy world where people are so busy in their life, and they don't have time to read. So we package our activism and we package our message in art.
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
just as well as the characters that live in them do and sometimes, just as well or even better than the reader understands the world outside of the book. But how? How can human-made squiggles on a page reflect lights into our eyes that send signals to our brains
Video examples
Own the Room PIPE Official...
he has an algorithm that can read the baby's crying and he's very hot so full package i had a technology where i could make synthetic chemicals but with the sun this is a world-changing idea this is a competition where people can come from
Video examples
Can you solve the locker...
and you and your 99 nasty relatives have been invited to the reading of his will. He wanted to leave all of his money to you, but he knew that if he did, your relatives would pester you forever.
Video examples
Plato’s Allegory of the...
because it can be read in far more ways. Importantly, the allegory is connected to the theory of forms, developed in Plato's other dialogues, which holds that like the shadows on the wall,
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Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
I think it's more important to write something that brings men back to reading than it is to write for people who already read. There's a reason men don't read, and it's because books don't serve men. It's time we produce books that serve men.
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Alan Rickman
British Actor
Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.
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Future
American Musician
I don't read blogs. I'm living the life they're writing about. So why read about it?
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Saint Augustine
Saint
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
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Henry Zebrowski
American Actor
I love reading for a character I have no business reading for.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
For people who are readers, reading is important to them.
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Hungarian Composer
I don't read such boring things. Life is too short.
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Holbrook Jackson
English Writer
The end of reading is not more books but more life.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
The book you don't read won't help.
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John Wayne
American Actor
I've loved reading all my life.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
I think it's more important to write something that brings men back to reading than it is to write for people who already read. There's a reason men don't read, and it's because books don't serve men. It's time we produce books that serve men.
Quote examples
Alan Rickman
British Actor
Every so often you read a play and a character just speaks to you - almost seems to speak through you, in fact.
Quote examples
Future
American Musician
I don't read blogs. I'm living the life they're writing about. So why read about it?
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Saint Augustine
Saint
The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.
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Henry Zebrowski
American Actor
I love reading for a character I have no business reading for.
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Jeff Bezos
American Businessman
For people who are readers, reading is important to them.
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Gyorgy Ligeti
Hungarian Composer
I don't read such boring things. Life is too short.
Quote examples
Holbrook Jackson
English Writer
The end of reading is not more books but more life.
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Jim Rohn
American Businessman
The book you don't read won't help.
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John Wayne
American Actor
I've loved reading all my life.
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