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To Read

  1. (transitive or intransitive) To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. Synonyms: interpret, make out, make sense of, understand, scan
    1. (ergative, of text) To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
    2. (transitive, metonymic) To read a work or works written by the named author.
  2. (transitive or intransitive) To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object) Synonyms: read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak
  3. (transitive) To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc., from.
  4. To consist of certain text. Synonym: To Say
  5. (ergative) To substitute a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one; used to introduce an emendation of a text. Synonym: sic pro
    1. (by extension, ironic or humorous, usually imperative) Used to introduce a blunter, actually intended meaning.
  6. (transitive, telecommunications) To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection. Synonyms: To Copy, To Hear, To Receive
  7. (transitive, rail transport) To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal).
  8. (transitive, Commonwealth, except Scotland) To study (a subject) at a high level, especially at university. Synonyms: learn, study
  9. (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
  10. (transitive, LGBTQ) To recognise (someone) as being transgender. Synonym: clock
  11. (at first especially in the black LGBTQ community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in a playful, taunting, or insulting way.
  12. (go) To imagine sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
  13. (obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).
  14. (obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.
  15. (obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.
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