"reading" Definition

Definitions for the word "reading" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. p. pr. & vb. n.
of Read
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A lecture or prelection; public recital.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. a.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. a.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. n.
1 a act of reading (reading of the will). B matter to be read (made exciting reading). 2 (in comb.) Used for reading (reading-lamp; reading-room). 3 literary knowledge. 4 entertainment at which a play, poems, etc., are read. 5 figure etc. Shown by a recording instrument. 6 interpretation or view taken (what is your reading of the facts?).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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