Meaning

17 senses

  1. A person who reads.

    an early reader, a talented reader

    a person who enjoys reading

  2. A person who reads a publication.

    10,000 weekly readers

    Leser, Leserin

    чита́тельčitátelʹ, чита́тельницаčitátelʹnica

    чита́чčytáč, чита́чкаčytáčka

    someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication

  3. A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.

    Vorleser, Vorleserin

    чтецčtec, чти́цаčtíca

    a person who can read; a literate person

  4. A proofreader.

  5. A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.

    Verlagslektor, Lektor

    реда́кторredáktor

  6. A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.

  7. (UK)A university lecturer ranking below a professor.

  8. Any device that reads something.

    a card reader, a microfilm reader

    Lesegerät

    счи́тывательsčítyvatelʹ

  9. A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.

    Übungsbuch, Übungsheft, Reader

  10. An elementary textbook for those learning to read, in a native language or a foreign language.

    Appletons’ School Readers

    Lesebuch

    хрестома́тияxrestomátija, кни́га для чте́нияkníga dlja čténija, буква́рьbukvárʹ

    буква́рbukvár, хрестома́тіяxrestomátija

    one of a series of texts for students learning to read

  11. A literary anthology.

    Anthologie, Blütenlese

    антоло́гияantológija

  12. A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.

    someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church

Examples

163 sentences

  1. A careful reader would have noticed the mistake.

    Уважний читач помітив би помилку. — deniko

    ruВнимательный читатель заметил бы ошибку. — akrav

    deEinem aufmerksamen Leser wäre der Fehler aufgefallen. — mayabe

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  2. You always were a fast reader.

    deDu warst immer schon ein schneller Leser. — octobaguette

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  3. Tom is a very fast reader.

    ruТом очень быстро читает. — marafon

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  4. Tom is a prolific reader.

    Том — дуже активний читач. — deniko

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  5. I'm a bit of a reader myself.

    deIch bin selbst ein bisschen Leser. — Esperantostern

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
person who reads a publication:
an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages:
Русский
By meaning 6
person who reads a publication:
person who recites literary works, usually to an audience:
person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits:
any device that reads something:
an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages:
a literary anthology:
Deutsch
By meaning 7
person who reads a publication:
person who recites literary works, usually to an audience:
person employed by a publisher to read works and determine their merits:
any device that reads something:
a book of exercises to accompany a textbook:
an elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages:
a literary anthology:

Origin

From Middle English reder, redar, redere, redare, from Old English rēdere, rǣdere (“a read

From Middle English reder, redar, redere, redare, from Old English rēdere, rǣdere (“a reader; scholar; diviner”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādāri, equivalent to read + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Räider (“advisor”), Dutch rader (“advisor”), German Rater (“advisor”).

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Forms

plural: readers
Singularreader
Pluralreaders

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
proofreaderprinter's readerpublisher's readerfirst readerreading notice
Close in meaning
  • someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church:lector
  • someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections:proofreader
  • someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication:subscriber
  • a public lecturer at certain universities:lectorlecturer
  • someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication:reviewerreferee

Antonyms

1 antonyms
nonreader

Word family

15 related words
Relatedreadershipread
Derivedbook-readerfilm readermind-readerreaderbasereaderboardreader copyreaderdomreaderessreaderlessreaderlyrip-and-readersight-readerstall-reader

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
reactorreadA1readableC1readershipreadilyB2readinessreadingA1
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