Definition as Noun

• something that is read

Definition as Noun

• the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region
• an image produced by scanning

Definition as Verb

• interpret something that is written or printed
• look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
• interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior
• audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
• to hear and understand
• be a student of a certain subject
• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments
• have or contain a certain wording or form
• obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
• interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
• make sense of a language

Definition as Verb

• examine minutely or intensely
• make a wide, sweeping search of
• conform to a metrical pattern
• move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
• read metrically
• obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
• examine hastily

• learn, study, take

• register, show, record

• say

• scan

• take

• understand, interpret, translate

• CAT scan

• read

• skim, rake, glance over, run down

• "the article was a very good read"

• "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"

• "The King will read the proclamation at noon"

• "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"

• "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"

• "I read you loud and clear!"

• "She is reading for the bar exam"

• "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"

• "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?"

• "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

• "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"

• "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?"

• "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"

• "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"

• "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"

• "The beams scanned the night sky"

• "scan verses"

• "This dictionary can be read by the computer"

• "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"

• Read vs learn
• Read vs study
• Read vs take
• Read vs register
• Read vs show
• Read vs record
• Read vs say
• Read vs scan
• Read vs understand
• Read vs interpret
• Read vs translate
• Read vs CAT scan
• Read vs read
• Read vs skim
• Read vs rake
• Read vs glance over
• Read vs run down

• Scan vs learn
• Scan vs study
• Scan vs take
• Scan vs register
• Scan vs show
• Scan vs record
• Scan vs say
• Scan vs scan
• Scan vs understand
• Scan vs interpret
• Scan vs translate
• Scan vs CAT scan
• Scan vs read
• Scan vs skim
• Scan vs rake
• Scan vs glance over
• Scan vs run down