read
Have or contain a certain wording or form.
“The passage reads as follows”
Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed.
“The King will read the proclamation at noon”
To hear and understand.
“I read you loud and clear!”
Make sense of a language.
“Can you read Greek?”
Obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources.
“This dictionary can be read by the computer”
Indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.
“The gauge read `empty'”
Interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression.
“I read this address as a satire”
Be a student of a certain subject.
“She is reading for the bar exam”
Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role.
Interpret something that is written or printed.
“read the advertisement”
“Have you read Salman Rushdie?”
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”
Something that is read.
“the article was a very good read”