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rank|high|above|received|299|read|together|already|son

Pronunciation
Noun and present tense
:*enPR|r�d, IPA|/ri�d/, SAMPA|/ri:d/
:*audio|en-us-read.ogg|Audio (US)
:*Homophones: reed
:*rhymes|i�d
Past tense and past participle
:*enPR|r�d
:*IPA|/r�d/, SAMPA|/rEd/
:*audio|en-us-read-past.ogg|Audio (US)
:*Homophones: red, redd
:*rhymes|�d

Etymology
OE. term|rædan|rǣdan|advise, read|langang, from Ger. *term|raedanan||advise, counsel. Cognate with Dutch term|raden|langnl, German term|raten|langde, Swedish term|råda|langsv. The development from �advise, interpret� to �interpret letters, read� is unique to English. Compare term|rede.

Verb
en-verb|reads|reading|read

1. context|transitive|intransitive To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

#: Have you read this book?
#: He doesn't like to read.

1. context|transitive|intransitive To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.

#: He read us a passage from his new book.
#: All right, class, who wants to read next?

1. transitive In telecommunications, to be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

#: Do you read me?

1. context|transitive|UK To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.

#: I am reading theology at university.

1. transitive To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, etc.

#: I can read his feelings in his face.

1. To consist of certain text.

#: On the door hung a sign that read, "Proper Safety Equipment Required Beyond This Point."

1. intransitive Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.

#: Arabic reads backwards.

1. past of|read

Synonyms
i-c|look at and interpret letters or other information interpret, make out, make sense of, understand
i-c|speak aloud words or other information that is written read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak
i-c|be able to hear hear, receive
i-c|make a study of learn, study

Translations
trans-top|speak aloud words or other information that is written
Albanian: t-|sq|lexon|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|�رأ unicode|(qára�a)
Basque: irakurri
Bosnian: t-|bs|�itati
Catalan: llegir
Croatian: t+|hr|�itati
Czech: t-|cs|�íst
Danish: t-|da|læse
Dutch: t+|nl|lezen
Esperanto: t+|eo|legi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|lukea
French: t+|fr|lire
German: t-|de|vorlesen
trreq|Hebrew
Hungarian: t+|hu|olvas
Icelandic: t+|is|lesa
Italian: t+|it|leggere
Japanese: 読� (��, yomu)
Korean: �� (ikda)
trans-mid
Kurdish: KUchar|ئ��خ����
Latvian: t-|lv|lasīt|xs=Latvian
Lithuanian: t-|lt|skaityti|xs=Lithuanian
Piemontese: lese
Polish: t+|pl|czyta�
Portuguese: t+|pt|ler
Romanian: t+|ro|citi
Russian: �и�а�� (�itát�)
Scottish Gaelic: leugh
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: �и�а�и
:Roman: �itati#Serbian|�itati
Slovene: t+|sl|brati
Spanish: t+|es|leer
Swahili: t+|sw|soma|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|läsa
Tagalog: bumasa, basahin
Telugu: వల�ల�వ�య�
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trans-top|look at and interpret letters or other information
Arabic: ARchar|�رأ unicode|(qára�a)
Catalan: llegir
Chinese: � (kàn); �, 读 (dú)
Czech: t-|cs|�íst
Danish: t-|da|læse
Dutch: t+|nl|lezen
Esperanto: t+|eo|legi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|lukea
French: t+|fr|lire
German: t+|de|lesen
Hebrew: �קר�� (le-kára�a)
Hungarian: t-|hu|olvasni, t-|hu|elolvasni
Italian: t+|it|leggere
Japanese: 読� (��, yomu)
Korean: �� (ikda)
trans-mid
Latin: t-|la|legere
Latvian: t-|lv|lasīt|xs=Latvian
Lower Sorbian: cyta�
Piemontese: lese
Polish: t+|pl|czyta�
Portuguese: t+|pt|ler
Russian: �и�а�� (�itát�)
Scottish Gaelic: leugh
Slovene: t+|sl|brati
Spanish: t+|es|leer
Swahili: t+|sw|soma|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|läsa
Tagalog: bumasa, basahin
Telugu: �ద�వ�
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trans-top|be able to hear (in a radio communication)
Catalan: sentir
Dutch: t+|nl|ontvangen, t+|nl|horen
Finnish: t+|fi|kuulla
trans-mid
German: t+|de|verstehen
Swedish: t+|sv|förstå, t+|sv|höra, t-|sv|uppfatta
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trans-top|make a study of
Catalan: estudiar
French: t+|fr|étudier
German studieren, hören
Latin: t-|la|studere
Polish: t+|pl|czyta�, t-|pl|studiowa�
trans-mid
Russian: из��а�� (izu�át�)
Swedish: t+|sv|studera
Spanish: t-|es|estudiar
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trans-top|have the ability to read text or other information
Catalan: llegir
Czech: t-|cs|�íst
Dutch: t+|nl|lezen
Esperanto: t+|eo|legi|xs=Esperanto
French: t+|fr|lire
German: lesen können
trans-mid
Latvian: t-|lv|lasīt|xs=Latvian
Italian: t+|it|leggere
Polish: t+|pl|czyta�
Russian: �и�а�� (�itát�)
Swedish: t+|sv|läsa
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trans-top|of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way
Catalan: llegir-se
Czech: �íst se
Dutch: gelezen worden
French: t-|fr|se lire
trans-mid
German: gelesen werden
Italian: t-|it|leggersi
Polish: by� czytany
Swedish: t-|sv|tolka, t-|sv|tyda
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Translations to be checked

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ttbc|Estonian: lugema
ttbc|Guaraní: moñe'ẽ
ttbc|Hungarian: olvas
ttbc|Ido: lektar
ttbc|Indonesian: baca|membaca
ttbc|Interlingua: leger
ttbc|Irish: léigh
ttbc|Korean: ��:ko:��|^ (ikda), ���� (:ko:����|^) (dokseohada)
ttbc|Polish: czyta�, przeczyta�, odczyta�
ttbc|Romanian: citi
ttbc|Vietnamese: ��c
ttbc|Welsh: darllen
ttbc|Yiddish: �ײענע� (leyenen) (l)

Noun
en-noun

1. A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.

Translations
trans-top|a reading or an act of reading
Icelandic: t-|is|lesning|f
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Derived terms
reader
reading
read-out, read out, readout

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English heteronyms
Category:English irregular past participles
Category:English irregular simple past forms
Category:English irregular verbs

Frisian

Adjective
infl|fy|adjective

1. red

Category:fy:Colors

Old English

Etymology
CG.|ang *'term|raudhaz, from PIE.|ang *term|reudh-.

Germanic cognates: Old Saxon r�d (Dutch rood), Old High German r�t (German rot), Old Norse rauðr (Icelandic rauður, Swedish röd), Gothic �����.

Indo-European cognates: Greek ���θ���, Latin ruber, Old Irish rúad, Lithuanian raũdas, Russian ��дой.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'ræ:ad/

Adjective
infl|ang|adjective|head=r�ad

1. red

Category:Communication

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kk:read
ku:read
lt:read
hu:read
ja:read
pl:read
pt:read
ro:read
ru:read
simple:read
fi:read
sv:read
ta:read
te:read
tr:read
uk:read
zh:read

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