Definition as Noun

• something that is read

Definition as Noun

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

• refer for judgment or consideration
• yield to the control of another
• yield to another's wish or opinion
• hand over formally
• make an application as for a job or funding
• refer to another person for decision or judgment
• make over as a return
• accept as inevitable
• put before
• accept or undergo, often unwillingly

• learn, study, take

• register, show, record

• say

• scan

• take

• understand, interpret, translate

• bow, defer, accede, give in

• present

• put in

• relegate, pass on

• render

• resign, reconcile

• state, put forward, posit

• take

• "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?"

• "The lawyers submitted the material to the court"

• "The government bowed to the military pressure"

• "We put in a grant to the NSF"

• "She likes to relegate difficult questions to her colleagues"

• "They had to render the estate"

• "He resigned himself to his fate"

• "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"

• "We took a pay cut"

• 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 bow
• Read vs defer
• Read vs accede
• Read vs give in
• Read vs present
• Read vs put in
• Read vs relegate
• Read vs pass on
• Read vs render
• Read vs resign
• Read vs reconcile
• Read vs state
• Read vs put forward
• Read vs posit

• Submit vs learn
• Submit vs study
• Submit vs take
• Submit vs register
• Submit vs show
• Submit vs record
• Submit vs say
• Submit vs scan
• Submit vs understand
• Submit vs interpret
• Submit vs translate
• Submit vs bow
• Submit vs defer
• Submit vs accede
• Submit vs give in
• Submit vs present
• Submit vs put in
• Submit vs relegate
• Submit vs pass on
• Submit vs render
• Submit vs resign
• Submit vs reconcile
• Submit vs state
• Submit vs put forward
• Submit vs posit