reading
♦ read|ing /r'iːdɪŋ/ (readings)
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Reading is the activity of reading books.
I have always loved reading.
...young people who find reading and writing difficult.
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A reading is an event at which poetry or extracts from books are read to an audience.
...a poetry reading.
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Your reading of a word, text, or situation is the way in which you understand or interpret it.
My reading of her character makes me feel that she was too responsible a person to do those things...
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The reading on a measuring device is the figure or measurement that it shows.
The gauge must be giving a faulty reading.
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In the British Parliament or the US Congress, a reading is one of the three stages of introducing and discussing a new bill before it can be passed as law.
The bill is expected to pass its second reading with a comfortable majority.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that a book or an article makes interesting reading or makes for interesting reading, you mean that it is interesting to read.
The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading...read|ing glasses
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Reading glasses are glasses that are worn by people, for example when they are reading, because they cannot see things close to them very well.read|ing lamp (reading lamps)
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A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.read|ing room (reading rooms)
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A reading room is a quiet room in a library or museum where you can read and study.
1 [N-UNCOUNT]
Reading is the activity of reading books.
I have always loved reading.
...young people who find reading and writing difficult.
2 [N-COUNT]
A reading is an event at which poetry or extracts from books are read to an audience.
...a poetry reading.
3 [N-COUNT] with supp, usu N of n
Your reading of a word, text, or situation is the way in which you understand or interpret it.
My reading of her character makes me feel that she was too responsible a person to do those things...
4 [N-COUNT]
The reading on a measuring device is the figure or measurement that it shows.
The gauge must be giving a faulty reading.
5 [N-COUNT] usu ord N
In the British Parliament or the US Congress, a reading is one of the three stages of introducing and discussing a new bill before it can be passed as law.
The bill is expected to pass its second reading with a comfortable majority.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you say that a book or an article makes interesting reading or makes for interesting reading, you mean that it is interesting to read.
The list of drinks, a dozen pages long, makes fascinating reading...read|ing glasses
[N-PLURAL] also a pair of N
Reading glasses are glasses that are worn by people, for example when they are reading, because they cannot see things close to them very well.read|ing lamp (reading lamps)
[N-COUNT]
A reading lamp is a small lamp that you keep on a desk or table. You can move part of it in order to direct the light to where you need it for reading.read|ing room (reading rooms)
[N-COUNT]
A reading room is a quiet room in a library or museum where you can read and study.