| NOUN | cognition | reading | the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message |
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| communication | reading | a particular interpretation or performance | |
| cognition | reading, meter reading, indication | a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | |
| communication | reading, reading material | written material intended to be read | |
| cognition | reading, interpretation, version | a mental representation of the meaning or significance / significance of something | |
| location | Reading | a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England | |
| communication | reading, recitation, recital | a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | |
| act | reading, meter reading | the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments |
| Sounds | reh'dihng; riy'dihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | The cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message. | |
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| Narrower | browse, browsing | reading superficially or at random |
| perusal, perusing, poring over, studying | reading carefully with intent to remember | |
| skim, skimming | reading or glancing through quickly | |
| speed-reading | reading at speeds significantly faster than normal | |
| Broader | linguistic process, language | The cognitive processes involved in producing and understanding linguistic communication |
| Spanish | lectura | |
| Catalan | lectura | |
| Verbs | read | interpret something that is written or printed |
| Meaning | A particular interpretation or performance. | |
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| Broader | interpretation | An explanation that results from interpreting something |
| Spanish | lectura | |
| Catalan | lectura | |
| Verbs | read | interpret something in a certain way |
| Meaning | A datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument. | |
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| Example | "he could not believe the meter reading" | |
| Synonyms | meter reading, indication | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | datum, data point | An item of factual information derived from measurement or research |
| Spanish | lectura, medición, medida | |
| Catalan | lectura | |
| Verbs | read | indicate a certain reading |
| Meaning | written material intended to be read. | |
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| Synonym | reading material | |
| Narrower | bumf, bumph | reading materials (documents, written information) that you must read and deal with but that you think are extremely boring |
| Broader | written communication, written language, black and white | Communication by means of written symbols (either printed or handwritten) |
| Spanish | lecturas | |
| Catalan | lectura | |
| Meaning | A mental representation of the meaning or significance / significance of something. | |
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| Synonyms | interpretation, version | |
| Narrower | anagoge | A mystical or allegorical interpretation (especially of Scripture) |
| reinterpretation | A new or different meaning / meaning | |
| Broader | representation, mental representation, internal representation | A presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image |
| Spanish | interpretación | |
| Catalan | interpretació | |
| Meaning | A city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England. | |
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| Instance of | city, metropolis, urban center | A large and densely populated urban area |
| Part of | Berkshire | A county in southern England |
| England | A division of the United Kingdom | |
| Spanish | Reading | |
| Catalan | Reading | |
| Meaning | A public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance. | |
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| Synonyms | recitation, recital | |
| Narrower | declamation | recitation of a speech from memory with studied gestures and intonation as an exercise in elocution or rhetoric |
| Broader | public speaking, speechmaking, speaking, oral presentation | delivering an address to a public audience |
| Spanish | recital | |
| Catalan | lectura, recital | |
| Verbs | read | look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed |
| Meaning | The act of measuring with meters or similar instruments. | |
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| Example | "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" | |
| Synonym | meter reading | |
| Broader | measurement, measuring, measure, mensuration | The act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule |
| Verbs | read | indicate a certain reading |
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