| read | (noun) something that is read | - |
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| (verb) interpret something that is written or printed | - |
| (verb) look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed | - |
| (verb) interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior | - |
| (verb) make sense of a language | Synonyms: interpret, translate, understand |
| (verb) be a student of a certain subject | Synonyms: learn, study, take |
| (verb) obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources | Synonyms: scan |
| (verb) to hear and understand | - |
| (verb) interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression | Synonyms: take |
| (verb) indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments | Synonyms: record, register, show |
| (verb) audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role | - |
| (verb) have or contain a certain wording or form | Synonyms: say |
| readability | (noun) the quality of written language that makes it easy to read and understand | - |
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| (noun) a quality of writing (print or handwriting) that can be easily read | Synonyms: legibility |
| readable | (adjective) easily deciphered | Synonyms: clear, decipherable |
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| readably | (adverb) in a legible manner | Synonyms: decipherably, legibly |
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| readapt | (verb) adapt anew | - |
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| (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readjust |
| reader | (noun) one of a series of texts for students learning to read | - |
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| (noun) a person who enjoys reading | - |
| (noun) a public lecturer at certain universities | Synonyms: lector, lecturer |
| (noun) someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication | Synonyms: subscriber |
| (noun) a person who can read; a literate person | - |
| (noun) someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections | Synonyms: proofreader |
| (noun) someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication | Synonyms: referee, reviewer |
| (noun) someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church | Synonyms: lector |
| readership | (noun) the audience reached by written communications (books or magazines or newspapers etc.) | - |
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| readily | (adverb) without much difficulty | - |
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| (adverb) in a punctual manner | Synonyms: promptly, pronto |
| readiness | (noun) prompt willingness | Synonyms: eagerness, forwardness, zeal |
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| (noun) a natural effortlessness | Synonyms: facility |
| (noun) (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way | Synonyms: set |
| (noun) the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | Synonyms: preparation, preparedness |
| reading | (noun) the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments | Synonyms: meter reading |
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| (noun) the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message | - |
| (noun) a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something | Synonyms: interpretation, version |
| (noun) a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument | Synonyms: indication, meter reading |
| (noun) written material intended to be read | Synonyms: reading material |
| (noun) a particular interpretation or performance | - |
| (noun) a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance | Synonyms: recital, recitation |
| readjust | (verb) adjust anew | Synonyms: readapt |
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| (verb) adjust again after an initial failure | Synonyms: reset |
| readjustment | (noun) the act of adjusting again (to changed circumstances) | - |
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| (noun) the act of adjusting something to match a standard | Synonyms: adjustment, registration |
| readmission | (noun) the act of admitting someone again | - |
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| readmit | (verb) admit anew | - |
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| (verb) admit again or anew | - |
| readout | (noun) an electronic device that displays information | Synonyms: read-out |
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| (noun) the information displayed or recorded on an electronic device | Synonyms: read-out |
| (noun) the output of a computer in readable form | Synonyms: read-out |
| ready | (adjective) completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress | - |
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| (adjective) apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | Synonyms: quick |
| (adjective) made suitable and available for immediate use | - |
| (adjective) mentally disposed | - |
| (adjective) (of especially money) immediately available | - |
| (noun) poised for action | - |
| (verb) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | Synonyms: fix, gear up, prepare, set, set up |
| (verb) prepare for eating by applying heat | Synonyms: cook, fix, make, prepare |
| readying | (noun) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | Synonyms: preparation |
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