Reading meaning : To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object. To read work(s) written by (a named author). To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from. To consist of certain text. Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way. To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text. (usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term. To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection. To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal) (except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks. To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.). To think, believe; to consider (that). To advise; to counsel. See rede. To tell; to declare; to recite. To recognise (someone) as being transgender. To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way. The process of interpreting written language. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device. A value indicated by a measuring device. An event at which written material is read aloud. An interpretation. Something to read; reading material. The extent of what one has read. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible