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reading
noun
1 reading
The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message.
Roget 539:
learning;
acquisition of knowledge
etc.
490,
acquisition of skill
etc.
698;
acquirement,
attainment;
edification,
scholarship,
erudition;
acquired knowledge,
lore,
wide information;
self-instruction;
study,
reading,
perusal;
inquiry
etc.
451.
apprenticeship,
prenticeship†;
pupilage,
pupilarity†;
tutelage,
novitiate,
matriculation.
docility
etc.
(willingness)
602;
aptitude
etc.
698.
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Roget 490:
knowledge;
cognizance,
cognition,
cognoscence†;
acquaintance,
experience,
ken [Scot.],
privity†,
insight,
familiarity;
comprehension,
apprehension;
recognition;
appreciation
etc.
(judgment)
480;
intuition;
conscience,
consciousness;
perception,
precognition;
acroamatics†.
light,
enlightenment;
glimpse,
inkling;
glimmer,
glimmering;
dawn;
scent,
suspicion;
impression
etc.
(idea)
453;
discovery
etc.
480.1.
system of knowledge,
body of knowledge;
science,
philosophy,
pansophy†;
acroama†;
theory,
aetiology†,
etiology;
circle of the sciences;
pandect†,
doctrine,
body of doctrine;
cyclopedia,
encyclopedia;
school
etc.
(system of opinions)
484.
tree of knowledge;
republic of letters
etc.
(language)
560.
erudition,
learning,
lore,
scholarship,
reading,
letters;
literature;
book madness;
book learning,
bookishness;
bibliomania†,
bibliolatry†;
information,
general information;
store of knowledge
&c.;
education
etc.
(teaching)
537;
culture,
menticulture†,
attainments;
acquirements,
acquisitions;
accomplishments;
proficiency;
practical knowledge
etc.
(skill)
698;
liberal education;
dilettantism;
rudiments
etc.
(beginning)
66.
deep knowledge,
profound knowledge,
solid knowledge,
accurate knowledge,
acroatic knowledge†,
acroamatic knowledge†,
vast knowledge,
extensive knowledge,
encyclopedic knowledge,
encyclopedic learning;
omniscience,
pantology†.
march of intellect;
progress of science,
advance of science,
advance of learning;
schoolmaster abroad.
[person who knows much]
scholar
etc.
492.
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Dutch: lezen
Polish: oddawanie się lekturze, lektura, czytanie
2 reading
A particular interpretation or performance.
3 reading
A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument:
— He could not believe the meter reading.
synonyms: indication, meter reading.
Dutch: meterstand
Polish: odczyt
4 reading
Written material intended to be read:
— The teacher assigned new readings.
— He bought some reading material at the airport.
synonym: reading material.
Dutch: uitlezing, voorlezen, lezing, lectuur, leesvoer
5 reading
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something.
synonyms: interpretation, version.
Roget 79:
speciality,
specialite†;
individuality,
individuity†;
particularity,
peculiarity;
idiocrasy
etc.
(tendency)
176;
personality,
characteristic,
mannerism,
idiosyncrasy;
specificness
etc.
adj.†;
singularity
etc.
(unconformity)
83;
reading,
version,
lection;
state;
trait;
distinctive feature;
technicality;
differentia.
particulars,
details,
items,
counts;
minutiae.
I,
self,
I myself;
myself,
himself,
herself,
itself.
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Roget 522:
interpretation,
definition;
explanation,
explication;
solution,
answer;
rationale;
plain interpretation,
simple interpretation,
strict interpretation;
meaning
etc.
516.
translation;
rendering,
rendition;
redition†;
literal translation,
free translation;
key;
secret;
clew
etc.
(indication)
550;
clavis†,
crib,
pony,
trot [U.S.].
exegesis;
expounding,
exposition;
hermeneutics;
comment,
commentary;
inference
etc.
(deduction)
480;
illustration,
exemplification;
gloss,
annotation,
scholium†,
note;
elucidation,
dilucidation†;
eclaircissement [Fr.],
mot d'enigme [Fr.].
[methods of interpreting - list]
symptomatology [Med.],
semiology,
semeiology†,
semiotics;
metoposcopy†,
physiognomy;
paleography
etc.
(philology)
560;
oneirology acception†,
acceptation,
acceptance;
light,
reading,
lection,
construction,
version.
equivalent,
equivalent meaning
etc.
516;
synonym;
paraphrase,
metaphrase†;
convertible terms,
apposition;
dictionary
etc.
562;
polyglot.
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Dutch: interpretatie
6 Reading
A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England.
7 reading
A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance.
synonyms: recital, recitation.
Dutch: lezing, voordracht, voorlezing
Polish: recytacja, deklamacja
8 reading
The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments:
— He has a job meter reading for the gas company.
synonym: meter reading.
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