Reading Definition–noun | 1. | the action or practice of a person who reads. | | 2. | Speech. the oral interpretation of written language. | | 3. | the interpretation given in the performance of a dramatic part, musical composition, etc.: an interesting reading of Beethoven's 5th Symphony. | | 4. | the extent to which a person has read; literary knowledge: a man of wide reading. | | 5. | matter read or for reading: a novel that makes good reading. | | 6. | the form or version of a given passage in a particular text: the various readings of a line in Shakespeare. | | 7. | an instance or occasion in w
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hich a text or other matter is read or performed, usually without elaborate preparation and often as a means of testing its merits: The playwright wants to have a reading of the play for prospective producers. | | 8. | an interpretation given to anything: What is your reading of the situation? | | 9. | the indication of a graduated instrument: The reading is 101.2°F. | –adjective | 10. | pertaining to or used for reading: reading glasses. | | 11. | given to reading: the reading public. | |
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