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{ "term": "read", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "read", "heSheIt": "reads" }, "pastSimple": "read", "pastParticiple": "read", "ingForm": "reading" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols", "sensetop": "read something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She's still **learning to read**." }, { "text": "Some children can **read and write** before they go to school." }, { "text": "I can't read your writing.", "contextForm": "read something" }, { "text": "Can you read music?" }, { "text": "I'm trying to read the map." }, { "text": "He speaks and reads Arabic fluently." }, { "text": "Most children can read by the age of seven." }, { "text": "She had great difficulty learning to read and write." }, { "text": "He learned to read when he was three." }, { "text": "Some of the kids here can't even read and write." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["aloud", "silently", "carefully"], "verb + read": ["be able to", "can", "learn to"], "preposition": ["about", "from", "in"], "phrases": ["read and write", "read for fun", "read for pleasure"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to go through written or printed words, etc. in silence or speaking them to other people", "sensetop": "read to somebody/yourselfread somethingread something to somebody/yourselfread somebody something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I'm going to go to bed and read." }, { "text": "The book is very easy to read." }, { "text": "He liked reading to his grandchildren.", "contextForm": "read to somebody/yourself" }, { "text": "to **read a book/magazine/newspaper**", "contextForm": "read something" }, { "text": "to **read an article/a report/a letter/a blog/a review**" }, { "text": "Have you read any Steinbeck *(= novels by him)*?" }, { "text": "one of the most **widely read** books in the world" }, { "text": "I have read every single post in this entire thread." }, { "text": "I didn't have time to read the novel." }, { "text": "I just **finished reading** your recent article." }, { "text": "He **read** the poem **aloud**." }, { "text": "Go on—read it to us.", "contextForm": "read something to somebody/yourself" }, { "text": "Statements from police officers were read to the court." }, { "text": "She **read** us a **story**.", "contextForm": "read somebody something" }, { "text": "I read the words out loud." }, { "text": "Will you read me a story?" }, { "text": "What are you reading at the moment?" }, { "text": "She reads voraciously." }, { "text": "I used to read to my younger brothers at bedtime." }, { "text": "Could you read the poem aloud to us please?" }, { "text": "We teach students to read critically." }, { "text": "She read from the letter." }, { "text": "She read avidly from an early age—books, magazines, anything." }, { "text": "I've just read your interesting article." }, { "text": "I regularly read ‘Time’." }, { "text": "I read a story to my son every night." }, { "text": "I listen to my children reading aloud." }, { "text": "He remembers everything he reads in books." }, { "text": "She's not someone who reads for pleasure." }, { "text": "He read her letter with interest." }, { "text": "Make sure you read the instructions correctly." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["aloud", "silently", "carefully"], "verb + read": ["be able to", "can", "learn to"], "preposition": ["about", "from", "in"], "phrases": ["read and write", "read for fun", "read for pleasure"] } }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to discover or find out about somebody/something by reading", "sensetop": "read about/of something (in something)read that…read somethingread something in somethingread something on something", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I read about the accident in the local paper.", "contextForm": "read about/of something (in something)" }, { "text": "I read that he had resigned.", "contextForm": "read that…" }, { "text": "I **read somewhere** that women are starting companies at record rates." }, { "text": "I can't remember where I read it.", "contextForm": "read something" }, { "text": "That's the most ridiculous thing I have ever read!" }, { "text": "Don't believe everything you read in the papers.", "contextForm": "read something in something" }, { "text": "I read it on the internet.", "contextForm": "read something on something" }, { "text": "Hogan had read about her death in the paper." }, { "text": "I had read of the case in the local newspaper." }, { "text": "I read about it in today's paper." } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["aloud", "silently", "carefully"], "verb + read": ["be able to", "can", "learn to"], "preposition": ["about", "from", "in"], "phrases": ["read and write", "read for fun", "read for pleasure"] } }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to guess what somebody else is thinking", "sensetop": "read somebody’s mind/thoughts", "cefr": "b2", "examples": [ { "text": "Tell me what you want—I can't read your mind!" } ], "topics": ["Doubt, guessing and certainty"] }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to look at the movements of somebody’s lips to learn what they are saying", "sensetop": "read somebody’s lips", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to understand something in a particular way", "sensetop": "read somethingread something as something", "examples": [ { "text": "How do you read the present situation?", "contextForm": "read something" }, { "text": "Silence must not always be read as consent.", "contextForm": "read something as something" } ], "synonyms": "interpret" }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to have something written on it; to be written in a particular way", "sensetop": "+ speech", "examples": [ { "text": "The sign read ‘No admittance’." }, { "text": "I’ve changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows…" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to give a particular impression when read", "sensetop": "+ adv./prep.", "examples": [ { "text": "Generally, the article reads very well." }, { "text": "The poem reads like *(= sounds as if it is)* a translation." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to show a particular weight, pressure, etc.", "sensetop": "read something", "examples": [ { "text": "What does the thermometer read?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 10, "definition": "to get information from a measuring instrument", "sensetop": "read something", "examples": [ { "text": "A man came to read the gas meter." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 11, "definition": "to hear and understand somebody speaking on a radio set", "sensetop": "read somebody", "examples": [ { "text": "‘Do you read me?’ ‘I'm reading you loud and clear.’" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 12, "definition": "to replace one word, etc. with another when correcting a text", "sensetop": "read A for Bread B as A", "examples": [ { "text": "For ‘madam’ in line 3 read ‘madame’." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 13, "definition": "to study a subject, especially at a university", "sensetop": "read somethingread for something", "labels": "(British English, old-fashioned or formal)", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "I read English at Oxford.", "contextForm": "read something" }, { "text": "She's reading for a law degree.", "contextForm": "read for something" } ], "topics": ["Education"] }, { "senseNumber": 14, "definition": "to take information from a disk", "sensetop": "read somethingread something into something", "examples": [ { "text": "The computer could not read the disk at all.", "contextForm": "read something" }, { "text": "to read a file into a computer", "contextForm": "read something into something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to look for or discover a meaning in something that is not openly stated", "examples": [ { "text": "Reading between the lines, I think Clare needs money." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to understand easily what somebody is thinking or feeling", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "used to tell somebody to listen carefully to what you are saying", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Read my lips: no new taxes *(= I promise there will be no new taxes)*." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to tell somebody with force that they must not do something", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to accept something without discussing it", "labels": "(British English)", "examples": [ { "text": "Can we take it as read that you want the job?" } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/riːd/", "audio": "re/read/read__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/riːdz/", "audio": "re/read/reads__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/red/", "audio": "re/read/read__gb_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈriːdɪŋ/", "audio": "re/read/reading__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/riːd/", "audio": "re/read/read__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/riːdz/", "audio": "re/read/reads__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/red/", "audio": "re/read/read__us_3.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/ˈriːdɪŋ/", "audio": "re/read/reading__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English rǣdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch raden and German raten ‘advise, guess’. Early senses included ‘advise’ and ‘interpret (a riddle or dream)’." }