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For the verb: "to read"

Simple Past:	read
Past Participle:	read

read
A	noun
	1	read
			something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚creation ╚product; production ╚work; piece of work ╚publication ╚read
B	verb
	1	understand, read, interpret, translate
			make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"
		Category Tree: understand ╚understand, read, interpret, translate
	2	learn, study, read, take
			be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

	3	read
			to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
		Category Tree: understand ╚read
	4	take, read
			interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can't take credit for this!"
		Category Tree: understand ╚interpret; construe; see ╚take, read ╚misread; misinterpret
	5	read
			interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
		Category Tree: understand ╚interpret; construe; see ╚read ╚lipread; lip-read; speech-read ╚skim; skim over ╚decipher; trace ╚spell out ╚dip into ╚reread ╚anagram; anagrammatize; anagrammatise
	6	read
			look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚talk; speak; utter; mouth; verbalize; verbalise ╚read ╚call ╚dictate ╚numerate
	7	read
			interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball"
		Category Tree: think; cogitate; cerebrate ╚reason ╚speculate ╚guess; venture; pretend; hazard ╚predict; foretell; prognosticate; call; forebode; anticipate; promise ╚read ╚scry
	8	read, scan
			obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
		Category Tree: understand ╚interpret; construe; see ╚read, scan ╚misread
	9	read, register, show, record
			indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚communicate; intercommunicate ╚inform ╚indicate ╚read, register, show, record ╚strike ╚show ╚say
	10	read
			audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar' at Stratford this year"
		Category Tree: make; create ╚re-create ╚perform ╚audition; try out ╚read
	11	read, say
			have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"
		Category Tree: have; feature ╚read, say

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