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READING
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
Example:
he has a job meter reading for the gas company
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("reading" is a kind of...):
measure; measurement; measuring; mensuration (the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule)
Derivation:
read (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
Example:
suggestions for further reading
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reading" is a kind of...):
language; linguistic process (the cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reading"):
speed-reading (reading at speeds significantly faster than normal)
perusal; perusing; poring over; studying (reading carefully with intent to remember)
browse; browsing (reading superficially or at random)
skim; skimming (reading or glancing through quickly)
Derivation:
read (interpret something that is written or printed)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
Example:
the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm
Synonyms:
indication; meter reading; reading
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reading" is a kind of...):
data point; datum (an item of factual information derived from measurement or research)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reading"):
clock time; time (a reading of a point in time as given by a clock)
miles per hour; mph (a speedometer reading for the momentary rate of travel)
Derivation:
read (indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
Synonyms:
interpretation; reading; version
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reading" is a kind of...):
internal representation; mental representation; representation (a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reading"):
reinterpretation (a new or different meaning)
anagoge (a mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Written material intended to be read
Example:
he bought some reading material at the airport
Synonyms:
reading; reading material
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reading" is a kind of...):
black and white; written communication; written language (communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reading"):
bumf; bumph (reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring)
Sense 6
Meaning:
A particular interpretation or performance
Example:
he was famous for his reading of Mozart
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reading" is a kind of...):
interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)
Derivation:
read (interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression)
Sense 7
Meaning:
A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
Example:
the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems
Synonyms:
reading; recital; recitation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("reading" is a kind of...):
oral presentation; public speaking; speaking; speechmaking (delivering an address to a public audience)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reading"):
declamation (recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric)
Derivation:
read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Reading" is a part of...):
England (a division of the United Kingdom)
Berkshire (a county in southern England)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb read
Context examples:
One half of the cerebrum, the part of the brain that controls muscle functions and also controls speech, thought, emotions, reading, writing, and learning.
(Cerebral hemisphere, NCI Dictionary)
By using alternative initiation codons in the same reading frame, two isoforms (alpha and beta) are encoded by a single transcript from this gene.
(Caveolin 2, NCI Thesaurus)
This blocks vision in the center of the eye and can cause problems with activities such as reading and driving.
(Age-related macular degeneration, NCI Dictionary)
People may not recognize family members or have trouble speaking, reading or writing.
(Alzheimer's Disease, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
They have been an essential ingredient of children’s reading ever since.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
And Martin did no reading that night.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
“Yes,” Mugridge was saying, an’ wot does ’is worship do but give me two years in Reading.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
I am reading for the bar.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
Also, he found great satisfaction in Edith's reading to him from the Bible.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
“Do you prefer reading to cards?” said he; “that is rather singular.”
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
