read
A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of…A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
» Take a book and read it.
Nimm ein Buch und lies es!
Возьми книгу и прочитай её!
Возьми книгу и читай её.
Возьмите книгу и почитайте!
Возьмите книгу и читайте!
Візьми книгу та прочитай її!
Meaning
5 sensesA reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
I had a read of the evening papers.
(in compounds)Something to be read; a written work.
His thrillers are always a gripping read.
something that is read
A person's interpretation or impression of something.
What's your read of the current political situation?
On the quarterback's first read of the situation, his target receiver was not open.
An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
The identification of a specific sequence of genes in a genome or bases in a nucleic acid string.
Examples
10226 sentencesTake a book and read it.
Візьми книгу та прочитай її! — aandrusiak
ruВозьми книгу и прочитай её! — al_ex_an_der
deNimm ein Buch und lies es! — MUIRIEL
Did you read it at all?
Ти це взагалі читав? — deniko
ruТы это вообще читал? — sharptoothed
deHast du es überhaupt gelesen? — RandomUsername
Have you finished reading the novel?
Ти вже дочитав роман? — uaspeaker
ruТы уже дочитал роман? — al_ex_an_der
deHast du aufgehört, den Roman zu lesen? — Espi
Have you read this book already?
Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko
ruВы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s
deHast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL
Have you read this book yet?
Ти вже читав цю книжку? — deniko
ruВы уже читали эту книгу? — ae5s
deHast du dieses Buch schon gelesen? — MUIRIEL
Translations
4 languagesOrigin
From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpretFrom Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”).
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Forms
plural: readsWord family
19 related wordsCollocations
12 patterns- reading a book
- read this book
- read the book
- read that book
- read the newspaper
- finished reading
- read the letter
- read books
- to read this
- reading comic books
- finished reading the
- want to read