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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

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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"

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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?

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To study by reading; as, he read for the bar

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understand something written, as in: When all else fails, read the instruction manual

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The decoding, extraction and presentation of data from formatting, control and error management bits sent from a tag

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this documentation The default search mode should work for all queries, but the other two search modes won't work unless you know, or familiarize yourself with, how they work

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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? I read about it in the paper He read through the pages slowly and carefully It was nice to read that the Duke will not be sending his son off to boarding school She spends her days reading and watching television. Read is also a noun. I settled down to have a good read

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Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel

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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.'

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to read between the lines: see line see also reading. American Revolutionary leader, politician, and jurist. Delaware's delegate to the Constitutional Convention (1787), he championed the rights of small states and later served as a U.S. senator (1789-1793). erasable programmable read only memory read only memory compact disc read only memory

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See 3d Reed

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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. The sign on the bus read `Private: Not In Service'

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The process of non-destructive (e g , non-recording) data retrieval from the disk

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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. We took it as read that he must have been a KGB agent

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to learn by observation

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

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To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law

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to transfer information into the CPU

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to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"

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Hence, to know fully; to comprehend

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interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc ; 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"

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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

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If you refer to how a piece of writing reads, you are referring to its style. The book reads like a ballad

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To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc

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n to determine what event will take place before it occurs; a blocking scheme in which the front-row players watch the setter in order to determine where to block; a backcourt defensive scheme based on all players reading their opponents and their teammates

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To retrieve information from a hard disk, floppy disk, CD-ROM disc or other storage medium (Compare with write )

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The retrieval of information bits from a storage device; equivalent to reproduction of digital signals

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To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts

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

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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

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“Arguments of Definition” in Everything’s an Argument and excerpts from J Hector St Jean de Crevecoeur’s “What Is an American?” (473-479)

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If you say that a book or magazine is a good read, you mean that it is very enjoyable to read. Ben Okri's latest novel is a good read

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A basic computer operation that results only in the flow of information from an object to a subject See also Write

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To know what kind of play is coming before it happens

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

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The process of retrieving data from a transponder and, as appropriate, the contention and error control management, and channel and source decoding required to recover and communicate the data entered at source

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{i} act of reading, act of converting written letters into words which have meaning

Give me the book back once you've finished reading it. - Give me back the book after you have read it.

This book is worth reading twice. - This book is worth reading again.

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have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

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To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly

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To give advice or counsel

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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!"

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of Read, v

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to bring data outside the computer into memory

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In computer operations, to acquire information, usually from some form of storage See write

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make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

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be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam"

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To advise; to counsel

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To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle

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or Read (Simon), alluded to by Ben Jonson in the Alchemist, i 2, was Simon Read, of St George's, Southwark, professor of physic Rymer, in his Foedera, vol xvi , says, “he was indicted for invoking evil spirits in order to find out the name of a person who, in 1608, stole 37 10s from Tobias Mathews, of St Mary Steynings, London

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To copy program or data files from a floppy or a hard disk into a computer memory, to run the program or process the data in some way The computer may also read your commands and data input from the keyboard

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Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned

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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

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read reads reading The form read is pronounced when it is the present tense, and when it is the past tense and past participle

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the process of assessing or surveying the line of a putt to determine its break and behavior Example: My caddie's read was perfect, and the putt went right in the center of the hole

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To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document

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To read someone is to have a good idea from their play (or through tells) what their cards might be To have a read on someone is to have a good understanding of how they play Reading players is an important skill in poker, because well, if you can't figure out why, it's going to be hard to explain here

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To retrieve data from a storage device and interpret it The read operation is often called fetch operation since a word is being fetched from memory

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To tell; to declare; to recite

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Entry point in the BIOS to a routine that reads 128 bytes from the currently selected drive, track, and sector into the current DMA address

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{f} view written letters and convert them into words which have meaning; convert written letters into spoken words; understand, comprehend; learn; interpret

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If you read a subject at university, you study it. She read French and German at Cambridge University He is now reading for a maths degree at Surrey University

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If something is read in a particular way, it is understood or interpreted in that way. The play is being widely read as an allegory of imperialist conquest South Africans were praying last night that he has read the situation correctly = interpret

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

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To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book

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the ability to know or feel something about someone else - you should only read someone if they say it's OK

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To access stored data, usually by transferring it from one of many storage media such as magnetic tape or floppy disk, to a hard disk for display or processing

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People who can read have the ability to look at and understand written words. He couldn't read or write He could read words at 18 months

the book reads well

the book is easy to read, the book is interesting to read, it is a good book

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Türkische aussprache

ridz

Aussprache

/ˈrēdz/ /ˈriːdz/

Etymologie

[ 'rEd ] (verb.) before 12th century. Middle English reden to advise, interpret, read, from Old English r[AE]dan; akin to Old High German rAtan to advise, Sanskrit rAdhnoti he achieves, prepares.