Слово англійською: read
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Переклад read українською: чита́ти, прочита́ти (ре́чення і т. д.), відчита́ти що, чита́ти по губа́м, гада́ти по руці́
Детальний опис
words/symbols
- [intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols
- She's still learning to read.
- Some children can read and write before they go to school.
- read something I can't read your writing.
- Can you read music?
- I'm trying to read the map.
see also sight-read, speed-readHomophones read | reedread reed
/riːd/
- read verb
- She can read Arabic, but she can't speak it.
- read noun
- Let me just have a quick read of what you've written.
- reed noun
- A saxophone is another instrument that uses a reed.
- I'm going to go to bed and read.
- The book is very easy to read.
- read to somebody/yourself He liked reading to his grandchildren.
- read something to read a book/magazine/newspaper
- to read an article/a report/a letter/a blog/a review
- Have you read any Steinbeck (= novels by him)?
- one of the most widely read books in the world
- I have read every single post in this entire thread.
- I didn't have time to read the novel.
- I just finished reading your recent article.
- He read the poem aloud.
- read something to somebody/yourself Go on—read it to us.
- Statements from police officers were read to the court.
- read somebody something She read us a story.
see also proofreadHomophones read | redread red
/red/
- read verb (past tense, past participle of read)
- Have you read his new novel yet?
- red adjective
- She's that girl over there in the red dress.
- red noun
- The red of the setting sun glowed on the horizon.
discover by reading
[intransitive, transitive] (not used in the progressive tenses) to discover or find out about somebody/something by reading- read about/of something (in something) I read about the accident in the local paper.
- read that… I read that he had resigned.
- I read somewhere that women are starting companies at record rates.
- read something I can't remember where I read it.
- That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever read!
- read something in something Don't believe everything you read in the papers.
- read something on something I read it on the internet.
somebody’s mind/thoughts
[transitive] read somebody’s mind/thoughts to guess what somebody else is thinking- Tell me what you want—I can't read your mind!
somebody’s lips
[transitive] read somebody’s lips to look at the movements of somebody’s lips to learn what they are saying see also lip-read understand
[transitive] to understand something in a particular way synonym interpret- read something How do you read the present situation?
- read something as something Silence must not always be read as consent.
of a piece of writing
[transitive] + speech to have something written on it; to be written in a particular way- The sign read ‘No admittance’.
- I’ve changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows…
[intransitive] + adv./prep. to give a particular impression when read- Generally, the article reads very well.
- The poem reads like (= sounds as if it is) a translation.
measuring instrument
[transitive] read something (of measuring instruments) to show a particular weight, pressure, etc.- What does the thermometer read?
[transitive] read something to get information from a measuring instrument- A man came to read the gas meter.
hear
[transitive] read somebody to hear and understand somebody speaking on a radio set- ‘Do you read me?’ ‘I'm reading you loud and clear.’
replace word
[transitive] read A for B | read B as A to replace one word, etc. with another when correcting a text- For ‘madam’ in line 3 read ‘madame’.
subject at university
[transitive, intransitive] (British English, old-fashioned or formal) to study a subject, especially at a university- read something I read English at Oxford.
- read for something She's reading for a law degree.
computing
[transitive] (of a computer or the person using it) to take information from a disk- read something The computer could not read the disk at all.
- read something into something to read a file into a computer
More Like This Verbs with two objectsVerbs with two objects- bet
- bring
- build
- buy
- cost
- get
- give
- leave
- lend
- make
- offer
- owe
- pass
- pay
- play
- post
- promise
- read
- refuse
- sell
- send
- show
- sing
- take
- teach
- tell
- throw
- wish
- write
Word OriginOld English rǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raden and German raten ‘advise, guess’. Early senses included ‘advise’ and ‘interpret (a riddle or dream)’.
Idioms - to look for or discover a meaning in something that is not openly stated
- Reading between the lines, I think Clare needs money.
read somebody like a book
- to understand easily what somebody is thinking or feeling
- (informal) used to tell somebody to listen carefully to what you are saying
- Read my lips: no new taxes (= I promise there will be no new taxes).
read (somebody) the Riot Act
- (British English) to tell somebody with force that they must not do something
take it/something as read
- (British English) to accept something without discussing it
- Can we take it as read that you want the job?
Phrasal Verbs- read back
- read into
- read on
- read out
- read over
- read through
- read up
- read up on