Definition von read read im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- Read
- A male given name transferred from the surname
- Read
- A surname, a less common spelling variant of Reid
- cold read
- To deduce using the practice of cold reading
Why sceptics do not cold read? (Article heading).
- cold read
- To perform a script without preparation
Learning to Cold Read (Article heading on acting website).
- cold read
- an act of cold reading
This is an example of what magicians (and unfortunately phony psychics) call a cold read.
- dictated but not read
- Dictated, as to a secretary or stenographer, but not proofread by the person who dictated the text so annotated
- mind-read
- To discern (or appear to discern) someone's thoughts
- programmable read only memory
- Alternative spelling of programmable read-only memory
- programmable read-only memory
- a type of read-only memory which can be written to once (write-once read-many memory / WORM), and thereafter becomes fixed in value
- read
- Simple past tense and past participle of read
- read
- To consist of certain text
On the door hung a sign that read, Proper Safety Equipment Required Beyond This Point..
- read
- To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks
I am reading theology at university.
- read
- To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written
He doesn’t like to read.
- read
- To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text
In Livy, it is nearly certain that for Pylleon we should read Pteleon, as this place is mentioned in connection with Antron.
- read
- To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object
All right, class, who wants to read next?.
- read
- Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term
Eliminate illogical (read: stupid) answer choices.
- read
- to recognise (someone) as being transgender
Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
- read
- Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way
Arabic reads right to left.
- read
- To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, etc
I can read his feelings in his face.
- read
- To think, believe; to consider (that)
But now, faire Ladie, comfort to you make, / And read / That short reuenge the man may ouertake .
- read
- To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection
Do you read me?.
- read
- A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play
And when he finishes supper / Planning to have a read at the evening paper / It's Put a screw in this wall - / He has no time at all.
- read between the lines
- to infer a meaning that is not stated explicitly
If you read between the lines a little, you will realize that he has deeper motives.
- read dating
- An organized event in which prospective partners meet each other in a library through a series of one-to-one meetings
- read datings
- plural form of read dating
- read head
- That part of several electromechanical devices that converts digital or analog information stored on a magnetic or optical medium into electrical signals
- read like a book
- To be able to judge someone's thoughts by their body language
I love playing poker against Maria because I can read her like a book.
- read lips
- To lipread
- read my lips
- Used to emphasize the following statement
- read only memory
- Alternative spelling of read-only memory
- read out
- To read something and say the words to inform other people
He read the names out to the class.
- read out
- To read some data and inform the person using the device
The movement detector is reading out the data now.
- read somebody the riot act
- To scold or berate somebody; to reprimand
She really read him the riot act about his smoking habit.
- read somebody's lips
- To discern what somebody is saying by watching the shape of the mouth rather than by hearing the sounds of the words
Deaf people may be able to read people's lips, but it's not a foolproof means of communication.
- read somebody's lips
- To pay close attention (often imperative)
Read my lips. We are not going to the park today, and that is final.
- read someone's mind
- To guess or deduce what someone is thinking
- read up
- To learn (about something) by reading
After watching the film, I read up about it in the newspapers. When I came to know that Hassan was a 30-year-old actor then, I was completely awe-struck.
- read-eval-print loop
- An interactive programming language interpreter
It is easier to experiment in langauges that provide a read-eval-print loop.
- read-eval-print loops
- plural form of read-eval-print loop
- read-only
- Unalterable, capable of being read but not written. Especially common in computer terms such as read-only memory and read-only access to files or directories (in in file system permissions or programs)
- read-only memory
- A computer memory chip that stores values but does not allow updates, in which the values are nonvolatile in that they are retained even when the computer is unpowered
- read-out
- the information output from a computer in a readable form
The computer read-out was inaccurate.
- read-out
- The information, usually a measurement, displayed on a graduated scale
The density is measured by the read-out from a hydrometer.
- read/write head
- A combination read head and write head
- sight read
- To perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal
- sight read
- Simple past tense and past participle of sight read
- take something as read
- to assume that everyone agrees that something is correct
We can take your resignation as read, can we?.
- well-read
- Well informed and knowledgeable through having read extensively
- read up on
- 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
- read
- something that is read; "the article was a very good read"
- read
- have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?
- read up about
- Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:
- read up about something
- Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:
- read up on
- Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:
- read up on something
- Spend time reading in order to find out information about something:
- read
- audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar' at Stratford this year"
- read
- interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
- read
- indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
- read
- look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
- read
- interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc
- read
- obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"
- read
- {a} perused, learned from reading, seen
- read
- {v} to peruse, discover, perceive, learn fully
- read
- something that is read; "the article was a very good read" to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!" interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?" look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc
- read
- also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball"
- read
- also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The gypsy read his fate in the crystal ball" obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Cesar' at Stratford this year" have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?
- read something out
- To read and say words that are written down, so that people can hear: Why don’t you read out the name of the winner?
- read-ahead
- (Bilgisayar) The file prefetching technology used in the Linux operating system. It is a system call that loads a file's contents into the page cache. When a file is subsequently accessed, its contents are read from physical memory rather than from disk, which is much faster