Tra từ read - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

read [read reads reading] verb noun BrE [riːd] NAmE [riːd] adjective BrE [riːd] NAmE [riːd] BrE [red] NAmE [red]
verb BrE [riːd] ; NAmE [riːd] (read, readBrE [red] ; NAmE [red] )

WORDS/SYMBOLS
1. intransitive, transitive (not used in the progressive tenses)to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols
• She's still learning to read.
• Some children can read and write before they go to school.
•~ sth I can't read your writing.
•Can you read music?
•I'm trying to read the map.
2. intransitive, transitive to go through written or printed words, etc. in silence or speaking them to other people
• I'm going to go to bed and read.
•~ to sb/yourself He liked reading to his grandchildren.
•~ sth to read a book/a magazine/the newspaper
•Have you read any Steinbeck (= novels by him)?
•He read the poem aloud.
•~ sth to sb/yourself Go on— read it to us.
•~ sb sth She read us a story.
see also ↑proofread

DISCOVER BY READING
3. intransitive, transitive (not used in the progressive tenses)to discover or find out about sb/sth by reading
•~ about/of sth I read about the accident in the local paper.
•~ that… I read that he had resigned.
•~ sth Don't believe everything you read in the papers.

SB'S MIND/THOUGHTS
4. transitive ~ sb's mind/thoughts to guess what sb else is thinking

SB'S LIPS
5. transitive ~ sb's lips to look at the movements of sb's lips to learn what they are saying
see also ↑lip-read

UNDERSTAND
6. transitive to understand sth in a particular way
Syn: ↑interpret
•~ sth How do you read the present situation?
•~ sth as sth Silence must not always be read as consent.

OF A PIECE OF WRITING
7. transitive + speech to have sth written on it; to be written in a particular way
•The sign read ‘No admittance’.
•I've changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows…
8. intransitive + adv./prep. to give a particular impression when read
•Generally, the article reads very well.
•The poem reads like (= sounds as if it is) a translation.

MEASURING INSTRUMENT
9. transitive ~ sth (of measuring instruments)to show a particular weight, pressure, etc
•What does the thermometer read?
10. transitive ~ sth to get information from a measuring instrument
•A man came to read the gas meter.

HEAR
11. transitive ~ sb to hear and understand sb speaking on a radio set
•‘Do you read me?’ ‘I'm reading you loud and clear.’

REPLACE WORD
12. transitive ~ A for B | ~ B as A to replace one word, etc. with another when correcting a text
•For ‘madam’ in line 3 read ‘madman’.

SUBJECT AT UNIVERSITY
13. transitive, intransitive (BrE, rather old-fashioned)to study a subject, especially at a university
•~ sth I read English at Oxford.
•~ for sth She's reading for a law degree.

COMPUTING
14. transitive (of a computer or the person using it)to take information from a disk
•~ sth My computer can't read the CD-ROM you sent.
•~ sth into sth to read a file into a computer
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
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)’.

Thesaurus:
read verb I, T
•Just read through what you've written.
scan • • skim • • look through sth • • flick through sth • • leaf through sth • • dip into sth • |BrE plough through sth • |AmE plow through sth • |formal peruse •
read/look through/flick through/leaf through/dip into/plough through/peruse a book
read/scan/skim/look through/flick through/leaf through/peruse a newspaper/paper
read/look through/plough through/peruse a report

Example Bank:
•He read her letter with interest.
•He remembers everything he reads in books.
•He speaks and reads Arabic fluently.
•He's not someone who reads for pleasure.
•Hogan had read about her death in the paper.
•I had read of the case in the local newspaper.
•I listen to my children reading aloud.
•I read a story to my son every night.
•I read through the first paragraph again.
•I regularly read ‘Time’.
•I've just read your interesting article.
•Make sure you read the instructions correctly.
•Most children can read by the age of seven.
•Shall I read this out to you?
•She had great difficulty learning to read and write.
•She read avidly from an early age— books, magazines, anything.
•She read from the letter.
•She spent the morning reading over her script.
•We teach students to read critically.
•Could you read the poem aloud to us please?
•Don't believe everything you read in the papers.
•Have you read any Orwell?
•He learned to read when he was three.
•I read about it in today's paper.
•I read that he'd resigned.
•I read the words out loud.
•I used to read to my younger brothers at bedtime.
•I'm trying to read the map.
•Just read through what you've written before you send it off.
•She reads voraciously.
•Some of the kids here can't even read and write.
•What are you reading at the moment?
•Will you read me a story?
Idioms: ↑read between the lines ▪ ↑read my lips ▪ ↑read somebody like a book ▪ ↑read the Riot Act ▪ ↑take it as read
Derived: ↑read on ▪ ↑read something back ▪ ↑read something into something ▪ ↑read something out ▪ ↑read something over ▪ ↑read something up ▪ ↑read up on somebody

noun BrE [riːd] ; NAmE [riːd] singular (informal)
1. (especially BrE)an act or a period of reading sth
•I was having a quiet read when the phone rang.
•Can I have a read of your newspaper when you've finished?
2. a good, interesting, etc. ~ a book, an article, etc. that is good, etc
•His thrillers are always a gripping read.

Word Origin:
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)’.

Example Bank:
•I know you'll enjoy the read.
•The program is simple to use after a quick read of the manual.
•The story made an interesting read.

adjective BrE [red] ; NAmE [red] (used after an adverb) (of a person)
having knowledge that has been gained from reading books, etc
• She's very widely read in law.
see also ↑well read

Word Origin:
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)’.