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say it: REE-ding
reading is a noun meaning "the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message". It carries 8 recorded senses.
the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
“his main reading was detective stories”
“suggestions for further reading”
a particular interpretation or performance
“on that reading it was an insult”
“he was famous for his reading of Mozart”
a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
“he could not believe the meter reading”
“the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm”
written material intended to be read
“the teacher assigned new readings”
“he bought some reading material at the airport”
a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
“the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems”
the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
“he has a job meter reading for the gas company”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for reading come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.