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Universal Words verb verb ( words / symbols 1 )not used in the progressive tenses( to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols: [V] She's still learning to read. * Some children can read and write before they go to school. * [VN] I can't read your writing. * Can you read music? * I'm trying to read the map. 2 ~ )sth( )to sb / yourself( to go through written or printed words, etc. in silence or aloud to others: [V] I'm going to go to bed and read. * He liked reading to his grandchildren. * [VN] to read a book / a magazine / the newspaper * Have you read any Steinbeck )= novels by him(? * He read the poem aloud. * [VN, VNN] Go on-read it to us. * She read us a story. seealsoPROOFREAD discover by reading 3 ~ )about / of sth( )not used in the progressive tenses( to discover or find out about sb/sth by reading: [V] I read about the accident in the local paper. * [Vthat] I read that he had resigned. * [VN] Don't believe everything you read in the papers. sb's mind / thoughts 4 [VN] ~ sb's mind / thoughts to guess what sb else is thinking sb's lips 5 [VN] ~ sb's lips to look at the movements of sb's lips to learn what they are saying seealsoLIP-READ understand 6 [VN] ~ sth )as sth( to understand sth in a particular way SYNINTERPRET: How do you read the present situation? * Silence must not always be read as consent. of a piece of writing 7 [Vspeech] to have sth 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... 8 [V] 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 9 [VN] )of measuring instruments( to show a particular weight, pressure, etc: What does the thermometer read? 10 [VN] to get information from a measuring instrument: A man came to read the gas meter. hear 11 [VN] to hear and understand sb speaking on a radio set: 'Do you read me?' 'I'm reading you loud and clear.' replace word 12 [VN] ~ A for B