reading
pronunciation
How to pronounce reading in British English:
UK [ˈriːdɪŋ]
How to pronounce reading in American English:
US [ˈriːdɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- a particular interpretation or performance
- written material intended to be read
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
Word Origin
- Reading
- county town of Berkshire, Old English Readingum (c.900), "(Settlement of) the family or followers of a man called *Read."
- reading (n.)
- Old English ræding, "a reading, the act of reading" either silent or aloud, "a passage or lesson," verbal noun; see read (v.)). Meaning "interpretation" is from mid-14c. (in reference to dreams). Meaning "a form of a passage of text" is from 1550s; that of "a public event featuring reading aloud" is from 1787.
Example
- 1. Thank you for reading my article .
- 2. His views on landscapes developed from travelling and reading .
- 3. What are you reading right now ?
- 4. A book about speed reading is the second possibility .
- 5. But there is little room for nimbyism in reading .