read
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that is read
the article was a very good read
Types & categories
- publication hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
interpret something that is written or printed
read the advertisement
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
have or contain a certain wording or form
The passage reads as follows
Types & categories
- feature hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
The King will read the proclamation at noon
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- recitation derivation
- reader derivation
- reader derivation
- read verb group
Sense 5 verb
obtain data from magnetic tapes
This dictionary can be read by the computer
Types & categories
Sense 6 verb
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
She read the sky and predicted rain
Types & categories
- prognosticate hypernym
- scry hyponym
Related & opposite
- take verb group
Sense 7 verb
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
I read this address as a satire
Types & categories
- interpret hypernym
- misinterpret hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
be a student of a certain subject
She is reading for the bar exam
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- study derivation
- discipline derivation
- perusal derivation
Sense 9 verb
indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- readjustment derivation
- meter reading derivation
- meter reading derivation
Sense 10 verb
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
Types & categories
- audition hypernym
Related & opposite
- performing arts domain topic
Sense 11 verb
to hear and understand
I read you loud and clear!
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
Related & opposite
- take verb group
Sense 12 verb
make sense of a language
She understands French
Types & categories
- understand hypernym
Related & opposite
- apprehensible derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | read |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | read |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | publication |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reading |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | read |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reader |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reader |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | read |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | read |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | anagram |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | reread |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dip into |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | decipher |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | skim over |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lipread |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | read |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | read |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | feature |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | recitation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reader |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | reader |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | read |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | mouth |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | numerate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | dictate |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | call |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | misread |
| 6 | verb group | Related & opposite | take |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | prognosticate |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | scry |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | reading |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | read |
| 7 | verb group | Related & opposite | read |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | interpret |
| 7 | hyponym | Types & categories | misinterpret |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | study |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | discipline |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | perusal |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | audit |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | train |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | practice |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | readjustment |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | meter reading |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | meter reading |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | indicate |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | say |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | show |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | strike |
| 10 | domain topic | Related & opposite | performing arts |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | audition |
| 11 | verb group | Related & opposite | take |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | apprehensible |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | understand |