Синонимы слова read

  • Определения слова read

    • читать, прочитать
    • английская фамилия

Синонимы к слову read

    • announce
    • comprehend
    • convert
    • decipher
    • deliver
    • examine
    • figure out
    • glance at
    • interpret
    • look at
    • peruse
    • recite
    • scan
    • speak
    • study
    • translate
    • understand
    • understand writing

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    • read
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    • readied
    • readier
    • readies
    • readiest
    • readily
    • readiness
    • readiness’s
    • reading
    • reading’s
    • readjust
    • readjusted
    • readjusting
    • readjustment
    • readjustment’s
    • readjustments
    • readjusts
    • readmit
    • readmits
    • readmitted
    • readmitting
    • readout
    • readouts
    • reads
    • ready
    • readying

Гиперонимы к слову read

    • surname

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    • reader
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What is another word for Read?

  • interpret

    understand, language

  • study

    perusal, activity

  • understand

    interpret, language

  • say

    express, show

  • show

    express, indicate

  • scan

    perusal, glance over

  • register

    show, express

  • record

    show, express

  • peruse

    activity, study

  • learn

    look at and understand written word

  • indicate

    show, express

  • comprehend

    understand, language

  • take

    study, interpret

  • translate

    interpret, construe

  • recite

    read out

  • construe

    understand, interpret

  • see

    understand, interpret

  • deliver

    pronounce, recite

  • declaim

    recite, read out

  • display

    indicate, register

  • decipher

    understand, construe

  • announce

    pronounce, recite

  • explain

    construe

  • make out

    decipher, look at and understand written word

  • pore over

    scan, look at and understand written word

  • perceive

    language, look at and understand written word

  • mark

    show

  • grasp

    language

  • scrutinize

    peruse

  • follow

    scan

  • speak

    recite

  • skim

    look, glance over

  • utter

    recite

  • browse

    look

  • apprehend

    look at and understand written word

  • look through

    peruse, glance over

  • fathom

  • look

    perusal

  • foretell

    predict, foresee

  • give

    pronounce

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read

        ( reads    plural & 3rd person present)   ( reading    present participle  )
The form read is pronounced ri:d when it is the present tense, and red when it is the past tense and past participle.     

1       verb   When you read something such as a book or article, you look at and understand the words that are written there.  
Have you read this book?…      V n  
I read about it in the paper…      V about n  
He read through the pages slowly and carefully…      V through n  
It was nice to read that the Duke will not be sending his son off to boarding school…      V that  
She spends her days reading and watching television.      V  
      Read is also a noun., n-sing   a N  
I settled down to have a good read.     

2       verb   When you read a piece of writing to someone, you say the words aloud.  
Jay reads poetry so beautifully…      V n  
I like it when she reads to us…      V to n  
I sing to the boys or read them a story before tucking them in.      V n n, Also V n to n, V  

3       verb   People who can read have the ability to look at and understand written words.  
He couldn’t read or write…      V  
He could read words at 18 months.      V n  

4       verb   If you can read music, you have the ability to look at and understand the symbols that are used in written music to represent musical sounds.  
Later on I learned how to read music.      V n  

5       verb   When a computer reads a file or a document, it takes information from a disk or tape.     (COMPUTING)  
How can I read a Microsoft Excel file on a computer that only has Works installed?      V n  

6       verb   You can use read when saying what is written on something or in something. For example, if a notice reads `Entrance’, the word `Entrance’ is written on it.  
no cont  
The sign on the bus read `Private: Not In Service’.      V with quote  

7       verb   If you refer to how a piece of writing reads, you are referring to its style.  
The book reads like a ballad…      V prep/adv  

8       n-count   If you say that a book or magazine is a good read, you mean that it is very enjoyable to read.  
adj N  
Ben Okri’s latest novel is a good read.     

9       verb   If something is read in a particular way, it is understood or interpreted in that way.  
(=interpret)  

The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest…      be V-ed as n  
South Africans were praying last night that he has read the situation correctly…      V n adv/prep  

10       verb   If you read someone’s mind or thoughts, you know exactly what they are thinking without them telling you.  
As if he could read her thoughts, Benny said, `You’re free to go any time you like.’      V n  

11       verb   If you can read someone or you can read their gestures, you can understand what they are thinking or feeling by the way they behave or the things they say.  
If you have to work in a team you must learn to read people…      V n  

12       verb   If someone who is trying to talk to you with a radio transmitter says, `Do you read me?’, they are asking you if you can hear them.  
We read you loud and clear. Over.      V n  

13       verb   When you read a measuring device, you look at it to see what the figure or measurement on it is.  
It is essential that you are able to read a thermometer.      V n  

14       verb   If a measuring device reads a particular amount, it shows that amount.  
The thermometer read 105 degrees Fahrenheit…      V amount  

15       verb   If you read a subject at university, you study it.  
  (BRIT)  
FORMAL   She read French and German at Cambridge University…      V n  
He is now reading for a maths degree at Surrey University.      V for n  
in AM, use major, study     

16    If you take something as read, you accept it as true or right and therefore feel that it does not need to be discussed or proved.  

take sth as read      phrase   V inflects  
We took it as read that he must have been a KGB agent…     

17   
  
  reading  

  
  to read between the lines  

  
  line  
read into      phrasal verb   If you read a meaning into something, you think it is there although it may not actually be there.  
The addict often reads disapproval into people’s reactions to him even where it does not exist…      V n P n  
It would be wrong to try to read too much into such a light-hearted production.      V amount P n   read out      phrasal verb   If you read out a piece of writing, you say it aloud.  
He’s obliged to take his turn at reading out the announcements…      V P n (not pron)  
Shall I read them out?      V n P   read up on      phrasal verb   If you read up on a subject, you read a lot about it so that you become informed about it.  
I’ve read up on the dangers of all these drugs.      V P P n  

lip-read        ( lip-reads    3rd person present)   ( lip-reading    present participle  )
The form lip-read is pronounced lɪpri:d when it is the present tense, and lɪpred when it is the past tense and past participle.      If someone can lip-read, they are able to understand what someone else is saying by looking at the way the other person’s lips move as they speak, without actually hearing any of the words.      verb  
They are not given hearing aids or taught to lip-read.      V  

  lip reading      n-uncount  
The teacher should not move around too much as this makes lip reading more difficult.     

sight-read        ( sight-reads    3rd person present)   ( sight-reading    present participle  )
The form sight-read is used in the present tense, where it is pronounced saɪt ri:d, and is the past tense and past participle, pronounced saɪt red.      Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand.      verb  
Symphony musicians cannot necessarily sight-read.      V, Also V n  

well-read   , well read   A well-read person has read a lot of books and has learned a lot from them.      adj  
He was clever, well-read and interested in the arts.     

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

  1. read

    Synonyms:
    elaborated, premeditated, prepared, recited, studied, written

    Antonyms:
    extemporaneous, extemporary, extempore, impromptu, improvised, offhand, unpremeditated

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  1. readverb

    something that is read

    «the article was a very good read»

  2. readverb

    interpret something that is written or printed

    «read the advertisement»; «Have you read Salman Rushdie?»

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  3. read, sayverb

    have or contain a certain wording or form

    «The passage reads as follows»; «What does the law say?»

    Synonyms:
    enunciate, sound out, aver, scan, say, record, state, enounce, register, learn, interpret, articulate, translate, study, pronounce, enjoin, allege, understand, take, tell, order, suppose, show

  4. readverb

    look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed

    «The King will read the proclamation at noon»

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  5. read, scanverb

    obtain data from magnetic tapes

    «This dictionary can be read by the computer»

    Synonyms:
    take, run down, glance over, translate, say, study, show, skim, scan, understand, register, learn, rake, record, interpret

  6. readverb

    interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior

    «She read the sky and predicted rain»; «I can’t read his strange behavior»; «The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball»

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  7. take, readverb

    interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression

    «I read this address as a satire»; «How should I take this message?»; «You can’t take credit for this!»

    Synonyms:
    take on, demand, take in, shoot, get, call for, exact, take, pack, bring, acquire, involve, register, make, scan, lease, guide, engage, lead, hire, necessitate, select, have, record, occupy, strike, study, get hold of, train, use up, assume, admit, pick out, need, say, adopt, subscribe to, deal, take aim, translate, show, postulate, claim, ingest, hold, carry, contract, aim, require, fill, film, charter, drive, direct, ask, choose, subscribe, convey, submit, understand, conduct, interpret, take up, rent, take away, consider, accept, learn, withdraw, consume, contain, look at, remove

  8. learn, study, read, takeverb

    be a student of a certain subject

    «She is reading for the bar exam»

    Synonyms:
    require, pick up, occupy, interpret, rent, withdraw, make, lead, ingest, get word, take on, carry, watch, assume, meditate, scan, memorise, subscribe to, hold, choose, learn, fill, instruct, necessitate, discover, pick out, examine, register, con, have, hit the books, consider, need, study, get a line, say, get wind, contract, deal, adopt, film, remove, ascertain, translate, lease, train, check, consume, take up, larn, bring, analyze, strike, use up, select, take, engage, drive, find out, see, claim, demand, get, get hold of, exact, take away, pack, canvas, call for, take in, analyse, submit, canvass, take aim, shoot, aim, contemplate, direct, charter, hear, postulate, contain, determine, subscribe, convey, involve, acquire, look at, record, hire, accept, understand, guide, admit, teach, show, memorize, ask, conduct

  9. read, register, show, recordverb

    indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

    «The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero»; «The gauge read `empty'»

    Synonyms:
    express, demo, register, show, testify, establish, depict, evidence, put down, take, exhibit, point, indicate, say, record, picture, memorialize, cross-file, shew, file, immortalize, usher, scan, designate, memorialise, render, study, evince, prove, tape, present, demonstrate, understand, interpret, enter, commemorate, translate, immortalise, learn, show up, bear witness

  10. readverb

    audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role

    «He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar’ at Stratford this year»

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  11. readverb

    to hear and understand

    «I read you loud and clear!»

    Synonyms:
    take, translate, say, study, show, scan, understand, register, learn, record, interpret

  12. understand, read, interpret, translateverb

    make sense of a language

    «She understands French»; «Can you read Greek?»

    Synonyms:
    construe, infer, scan, say, represent, sympathise, transform, show, empathize, rede, register, learn, interpret, sympathize, translate, study, record, empathise, take, realise, realize, render, see, understand

Matched Categories

    • Audition
    • Interpret
    • Performing Arts
    • Predict
    • Speak
    • Understand

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  1. List of paraphrases for «read»:

    reading, follows, lu, lea, dsl, lis, bed, maltese, lus, leer, read-, leen, lira, interpreted, see, lean, lee, lire, readout, afl

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  1. Letitia James:

    According to Ms. DeRosa, Ms. Kaplan read the letter to the head of the advocacy group Times Up [Tchen], and both of them allegedly suggested that, without the statements about Ms. Boylan’s interactions with male colleagues, the letter was fine, ms. DeRosa reported back to the governor that Ms. Kaplan and the head of Times Up thought the letter was okay with some changes, as did [Cuomo ally Steve] Cohen, but everyone else thought it was a bad idea.

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    I only know what I read in the newspapers so I just don’t’ know a whole lot about it. That’s about all I can say, i just told you, I only know what I read.

  3. John Updike:

    Life is like an overlong drama through which we sit being nagged by the vague memories of having read the reviews.

  4. Yamii Grande:

    I feel empty right now. I feel like there’s a part of me missing still, and I haven’t found it, we really thought Read More’I was going to be back into our arms, and for Read More’I not to be back into our arms just hurts a little.

  5. Matt Lauer:

    Have we had a completely perfect, easy marriage? No, but the stories you’ve read over the years are not true. The accusations (of infidelity) are ridiculous and I’m not going to (dignify) them with an answer. It’s not true.


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  • leesAfrikaans
  • ማንበብAmharic
  • قرأArabic
  • oxumaqAzerbaijani
  • чыта́ць, прачыта́цьBelarusian
  • чета́, прочета́, чу́вам, прочитамBulgarian
  • পড়াBengali
  • lennBreton
  • sentir, llegir, llegir-se, estudiarCatalan, Valencian
  • číst, být gramotný, předčítatCzech
  • вулаChuvash
  • darllenWelsh
  • læseDanish
  • studieren, [[gelesen]] [[werden]], vorlesen, [[lesen]] [[können]], lesen, hören, verstehenGerman
  • διαβάζω, ανάγνωσηGreek
  • legiEsperanto
  • leer, entenderse, leerse, decir, interpertase, poner, estudiar, lecturaSpanish
  • lugema, kuulma, omandama, vaataEstonian
  • atzeman, irakurri, leitu, erakurriBasque
  • خواندنPersian
  • lukea, kuullaFinnish
  • wilikaFijian
  • lesaFaroese
  • recevoir, lire, étudier, se lire, lectureFrench
  • lêzeWestern Frisian
  • léighIrish
  • leughScottish Gaelic
  • lerGalician
  • lhaihManx
  • קראHebrew
  • पढ़नाHindi
  • elolvas, felolvas, olvasHungarian
  • ընթերցել, կարդալArmenian
  • mengerti, berbunyi, pelajari, dibaca, bacaIndonesian
  • lektarIdo
  • lesa, lesningIcelandic
  • leggere, leggersi, leggere ad alta voce, ricevereItalian
  • 読む, 読み上げるJapanese
  • კითხვაGeorgian
  • оқуKazakh
  • atuarpoqKalaallisut, Greenlandic
  • អាន, មើលKhmer
  • 읽다Korean
  • xwendin, خوێندن, bihîstin, xwandin, bîstin, vekolînKurdish
  • окууKyrgyz
  • lego, studere, legor, recitoLatin
  • liesenLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
  • ອ່ານLao
  • skaitytiLithuanian
  • lasītLatvian
  • kōrero, pānui, rītiMāori
  • читаMacedonian
  • പഠിക്കുക, വായിക്കുക, വായനMalayalam
  • уншихMongolian
  • पठ्Marathi
  • bacaMalay
  • qaraMaltese
  • ဖတ်Burmese
  • lezen, ontvangen, horen, gelezen worden, voorlezenDutch
  • lese, studere, høre, oppfatte, forståNorwegian
  • ííníshtaʼNavajo, Navaho
  • ਵਾਚਣਾPanjabi, Punjabi
  • studiować, odczytać, czytać, przeczytać, odczytywać, czytać sięPolish
  • copiar, dizer, ler, estudar, ler-se, leitura, lidaPortuguese
  • ñawinchay, qillqaqhaway, ñawilliy, ñawiyQuechua
  • a putea citi, lectura, a lectura, a fi citit, citi, a fi lecturat, lecturare, intonare, citireRomanian
  • прочита́ть, чита́ть, изуча́тьRussian
  • पठ्, पठतिSanskrit
  • lèzere, lègere, lízere, ligi, lígiri, lígere, lèghereSardinian
  • čitati, читатиSerbo-Croatian
  • කියවනවාSinhala, Sinhalese
  • čítaťSlovak
  • brati, čìtatiSlovene
  • lexon, lexojAlbanian
  • balaSouthern Sotho
  • höra, läsa, studera, uppfatta, förstå, läsningSwedish
  • somaSwahili
  • வாசிTamil
  • వల్లెవేయు, చదువుTelugu
  • хонданTajik
  • อ่านออกเสียง, อ่านThai
  • okamakTurkmen
  • bumasa, basahinTagalog
  • okumakTurkish
  • укыргаTatar
  • чита́ти, прочита́тиUkrainian
  • پڑھناUrdu
  • oʻqimoqUzbek
  • đọc, nghiên cứu, ghi, đề, học, viết, chỉVietnamese
  • reidönVolapük
  • לייענעןYiddish
  • Chinese

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  • announce
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WORDS RELATED TO READ

  • adjudge
  • apprize
  • assay
  • assess
  • audit
  • calculate
  • check
  • check out
  • deem
  • evaluate
  • examine
  • eye
  • figure
  • figure in
  • figure out
  • gauge
  • guesstimate
  • have one’s number
  • inspect
  • look over
  • peg
  • price
  • rate
  • read
  • review
  • set at
  • size
  • survey
  • take account of
  • valuate
  • value
  • adjudges
  • assays
  • assesses
  • audits
  • calculates
  • checks
  • checks out
  • deems
  • evaluates
  • examines
  • eyes
  • figure in
  • figures
  • figures out
  • gauges
  • guesstimates
  • has one’s number
  • inspects
  • looks over
  • pegs
  • prices
  • rates
  • reads
  • reviews
  • sets at
  • sizes
  • surveys
  • takes account of
  • valuates
  • values
  • adjudging
  • assaying
  • assessing
  • auditing
  • calculating
  • checking
  • checking out
  • deeming
  • evaluating
  • examining
  • eyeing
  • figure in
  • figuring
  • figuring out
  • gauging
  • guesstimating
  • having one’s number
  • inspecting
  • looking over
  • pegging
  • pricing
  • rating
  • reading
  • reviewing
  • setting at
  • sizing
  • surveying
  • taking account of
  • valuating
  • valuing
  • acknowledge
  • apprehend
  • be aware of
  • be cognizant of
  • be conscious of
  • catch the drift
  • comprehend
  • dig
  • fathom
  • grasp
  • know
  • perceive
  • read
  • realize
  • recognize
  • savvy
  • see daylight
  • sympathize with
  • take account of
  • understand
  • acknowledges
  • apprehends
  • catches the drift
  • comprehends
  • digs
  • fathoms
  • grasps
  • is aware of
  • is cognizant of
  • is conscious of
  • knows
  • perceives
  • reads
  • realizes
  • recognizes
  • savvies
  • sees daylight
  • sympathizes with
  • takes account of
  • understands
  • absorb
  • accept
  • appreciate
  • believe
  • catch
  • comprehend
  • conceive
  • digest
  • fathom
  • get
  • get the picture
  • grasp
  • have
  • imagine
  • know
  • perceive
  • read
  • realize
  • recognize
  • sense
  • think

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