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read1
/riːd रीड्‌/ verb
( pt, pp read /red रे̮ड्‌/ )
1 [I, T] to look at words or symbols and understand them पढ़ना (शब्‍दों या प्रतीकों को देखना और समझना)
He never learnt to read and write.
Have you read any good books lately?
2 [I, T] read (somebody) (something) ; read something (to somebody) to say written words to somebody (किसी को) पढ़कर सुनाना
My father used to read me stories when I was a child.
I hate reading out loud.
3 [T] to be able to understand something from what you can see (किसी वस्‍तु को) देखकर बात समझ लेना, भाँप लेना
Profoundly deaf people train to read lips.
I’ve no idea what he’ll say—I can’t read his mind!
4 [T] to show words or a sign of something (किसी के) शब्‍द या संकेत प्रदर्शित करना
The sign read ‘Keep Left’.
5 [T] ( formal ) to study a subject at university (विश्‍वविद्यालय आदि में किसी विषय का) अध्ययन करना
She read Modern Languages at Cambridge.
read something into something to think that there is a meaning in something that may not really be there किसी में कुछ अर्थ मान लेना (जो संभवतः उसमें न हो)
read on to continue reading; to read the next part of something पढ़ते जाना; किसी का अगला भाग पढ़ना
read something out to read something to other people अन्‍य लोगों को पढ़कर सुनाना
read something through to read something to check details or to look for mistakes ब्‍योरों को जाँचने या ग़लती ढूँढ़ने के लिए पढ़ना
I read my essay through a few times before handing it in.
read up on something to find out everything you can about a subject किसी विषय का विस्‍तार से अध्ययन करना