reading
Listen:Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
reading/ˈriːdɪŋ/
▶noun
- 1 the action or skill of reading.
- 2 an instance of something being read to an audience.
- 3 an interpretation of a text or situation.
- 4 a figure recorded on a measuring instrument.
- 5 a stage of debate in parliament through which a bill must pass before it can become law.
'reading' also found in these Oxford entries:
audiobook
- bookish
- bookworm
- coffee-table book
- collation
- collimate
- conjecture
- correct
- dial
- dropout
- e-reader
- first reading
- flashcard
- gatefold
- Haftorah
- handlist
- helpmate
- indicate
- leaf
- lection
- lecture
- light pen
- look-and-say
- manticore
- mind-reader
- miscue
- newsreader
- oralism
- pap
- pointer
- pore
- primer
- public
- R
- read
- reading age
- read-write
- register
- rider
- scan
- schematic
- second reading
- skim
- speech-reading
- studious
- study
- talking book
- tell
- third reading
