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SECOND READING
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The second presentation of a bill in a legislature; to approve its general principles (Britain) or to discuss a committee's report and take a vote (US)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("second reading" is a kind of...):
presentation (the act of presenting a proposal)