read
verbDivide read into syllables:
read
How to pronounce read:
Definition of read:
- read (verb):
- to utter aloud the printed or written words of
- to look at and understand or take in (written or printed matter)
- to study the movements of with mental formulation of the communication expressed
- to receive or take in the sense of (letters, symbols, etc.) especially by sight or touch
Synonyms for read:
anagram
anagrammatise
anagrammatize
construe
decipher
dip into
interpret
lip-read
lipread
reread
say
see
skim
speech-read
trace
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