- reading
- noun1 sth you can readADJECTIVE▪ compelling, compulsive, fascinating, good, interesting▪ worthwhile▪
The book is worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the Industrial Revolution.
▪ depressing, disturbing▪ heavy, serious▪ light▪ assigned (AmE), compulsory (esp. BrE), essential, mandatory (esp. AmE), required▪Her assigned reading for English class was ‘Great Expectations’.
▪His article should be compulsory reading for law students.
▪ recommended, suggested▪ background▪ further▪ beach (esp. AmE), bedtime, holiday (BrE)▪Horror is hardly my idea of bedtime reading.
▪some light holiday reading
VERB + READING▪ be, make, make for▪Their story makes compulsive reading.
▪ assign (AmE)▪We assign readings from different contexts and periods of history.
READING + NOUN▪ list▪ comprehension2 activity of readingADJECTIVE▪ extensive▪After extensive reading on the subject she set to work on an article.
▪ careful, close, critical▪A close reading of the text reveals several contradictions.
▪ cursory▪ serious▪ map▪My map-reading skills are not the best.
VERB + READING▪ do, get down to▪I haven't had time to do much reading lately.
▪I need to get down to some serious reading.
READING + NOUN▪ material, matter▪ habits▪He asked her about her reading habits.
▪ ability, age, knowledge, skills▪He has a reading age of eight.
▪She has a good reading knowledge of Russian.
▪ disability (AmE)▪ glasses, light, roomPREPOSITION▪ reading about, reading on▪His reading about Ruskin led him to the works of Turner.
3 way of understandingADJECTIVE▪ allegorical, literal▪He draws his morality from a literal reading of the Old Testament.
▪ insightful, sensitive▪her attentive and insightful reading of the manuscript
VERB + READING▪ give, offer, provide▪Longinus provides a sensitive reading of Sappho's poem.
▪ invite, suggest▪These paintings often invite an allegorical reading.
4 reading in publicADJECTIVE▪ public▪ staged (esp. AmE)▪I saw a staged reading of the new play ‘Light’.
▪ Bible, poetryVERB + READING▪ give▪Dickens gave many public readings from his works.
PREPOSITION▪ at a/the reading▪We met at a reading of his poetry.
▪ reading from, reading of▪readings from the Psalms
5 figure/measurement shown on an instrumentADJECTIVE▪ high, low▪ normal▪ accurate, correct▪ false▪ meter, thermometer▪ blood-pressure, pressure, temperatureVERB + READING▪ get, obtain, take▪ give▪The dials were giving higher readings than we had expected.
▪ record▪Temperature readings were recorded throughout the day.
PREPOSITION▪ readingof▪A reading of 25 or more is abnormally high.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
