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• read — read1 /reed/, v., read /red/, reading /ree ding/, n. v.t. 1. to look at carefully so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book; to read music. 2. to utter aloud or render in speech (something written,… …   Universalium

• read — I. /rid / (say reed) verb (read /rɛd / (say red), reading /ˈridɪŋ / (say reeding)) –verb (t) 1. to observe, and apprehend the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.): to read a book. 2. to utter aloud; render in speech (something written,… …  

• read — I [[t]rid[/t]] v. read(red), read•ing [[t]ˈri dɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) to look at so as to understand the meaning of (something written, printed, etc.) 2) to utter aloud or render in speech (something written, printed, etc.): to read a story to a… …   From formal English to slang

• read — [v1] look at and understand written word apprehend, bury oneself in*, comprehend, construe, decipher, dip into*, discover, flip through*, gather, glance, go over, go through, interpret, know, leaf through*, learn, make out*, perceive, peruse,… …   New thesaurus

• read in — transitive verb : to cause (oneself) to enter formally upon a new benefice in the Church of England after appointment by public reading of a set of accepted doctrinal statements and by assenting to the statements intransitive verb : to enter… …   Useful english dictionary

• read — I v 1. peruse, study, go over, review, run over or through; pore over, wade through, plunge into, consume, devour, bury oneself in; scrutinize, attend to, pay attention to; go over quickly, thumb through, flip through, scan, skim, glance or run… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• read — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. peruse, con; interpret, decipher, predict; pronounce; study; teach, admonish. See interpretation. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. examined, gone over, checked over, scanned; see investigated , understood… …   English dictionary for students

• bury oneself in books — read intensely, read often …   English contemporary dictionary

• Washington read — n. The perusal of a book in a bookstore that consists of checking the index for references to oneself and reading only those parts of the book. Example Citations: MR. THOMPSON: Have you read this book? MR. ARMITAGE: I m the only honest person in… …   New words

• pull oneself together — verb To become mentally focused after a period of being unfocused. Damn, damn, damnation! he murmured, together with such other words as he had learnt from older men. Then he raised his hand to his forehead and said, Oh, damn it all which meant… …   Wiktionary

• Hermeneutics — Gadamer and Ricoeur G.B.Madison THE HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: ROMANTIC HERMENEUTICS Although the term ‘hermeneutics’ (hermeneutica) is, in its current usage, of early modern origin,1 the practice it refers to is as old as western civilization itself …   History of philosophy