read

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noun

1 activity of reading

ADJECTIVE

▪ good

▪ quiet

▪ quick

▪

The program is simple to use after a quick read of the manual.

VERB + READ

▪ have

▪

I had a good read of the paper before they arrived.

2 writer/book

ADJECTIVE

▪ enjoyable, entertaining, fun (esp. AmE), good, great, terrific

▪ compelling, engaging, engrossing, fascinating, gripping, interesting

▪ easy, quick

▪ worthwhile

VERB + READ

▪ be, make

▪

The story made an interesting read.

▪ enjoy

▪

I know you'll enjoy the read.

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verb

ADVERB

▪ aloud

▪

I listen to my children reading aloud.

▪ silently

▪ carefully, with interest

▪

He read her letter with interest.

▪ avidly, voraciously, widely

▪

She read avidly from an early age.

▪ regularly

▪

I regularly read ‘Time’.

▪ critically

▪

We teach students to read critically.

▪ correctly

▪

Make sure you read the instructions correctly.

▪ fluently, well

▪

He speaks and reads Arabic fluently.

▪ just, lately, recently

▪

I've just read your interesting article.

▪ out

▪

Shall I read this out to you?

VERB + READ

▪ be able to, can

▪

Most children can read by the age of seven.

▪ learn to, learn how to

▪ teach sb to, teach sb how to

PREPOSITION

▪ about

▪

Hogan had read about her death in the paper.

▪ from

▪

She read from the letter.

▪ in

▪

He remembers everything he reads in books.

▪ of

▪

I had read of the case in the local newspaper.

▪ over

▪

She spent the morning reading over her script.

▪ through

▪

I read through the first paragraph again.

▪ to

▪

I read a story to my son every night.

PHRASES

▪ read and write

▪

She had great difficulty learning to read and write.

▪ read for fun, read for pleasure

▪

He's not someone who reads for pleasure.

Read is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑banner, ↑gauge, ↑headline, ↑inscription, ↑sign, ↑thermometer, ↑translation, ↑watch

Read is used with these nouns as the object: ↑article, ↑assignment, ↑author, ↑autobiography, ↑barometer, ↑Bible, ↑biography, ↑blog, ↑book, ↑brochure, ↑bulletin, ↑chapter, ↑column, ↑comment, ↑correspondence, ↑coverage, ↑curriculum vitae, ↑detail, ↑diary, ↑disk, ↑document, ↑edition, ↑email, ↑emotion, ↑entry, ↑essay, ↑excerpt, ↑expression, ↑extract, ↑fiction, ↑file, ↑fortune, ↑gauge, ↑handwriting, ↑headline, ↑horoscope, ↑inscription, ↑instruction, ↑instrument, ↑journal, ↑label, ↑letter, ↑literature, ↑lyrics, ↑magazine, ↑mail, ↑manual, ↑map, ↑memo, ↑memoir, ↑menu, ↑message, ↑meter, ↑mind, ↑minute, ↑mood, ↑music, ↑news, ↑newspaper, ↑notice, ↑novel, ↑obituary, ↑page, ↑palm, ↑pamphlet, ↑paper, ↑paperback, ↑paragraph, ↑passage, ↑piece, ↑poem, ↑poetry, ↑poll, ↑post, ↑posting, ↑prayer, ↑print, ↑résumé, ↑recipe, ↑record, ↑remark, ↑reply, ↑report, ↑review, ↑rule, ↑score, ↑script, ↑scripture, ↑sentence, ↑sermon, ↑sign, ↑signal, ↑snippet, ↑speech, ↑statement, ↑story, ↑subtitle, ↑tabloid, ↑tale, ↑text, ↑thermometer, ↑thought, ↑thriller, ↑transcript, ↑translation, ↑update, ↑verdict, ↑volume, ↑website, ↑will, ↑word, ↑work, ↑writing