DICTOMETER

AVLESNING (Norwegian for "reading")

(reading, lectura)

1. Synonyms:
   • Reading
   Definitions:
   • the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
   Examples:
   • His main reading was detective stories
   • Suggestions for further reading
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Reading
   Definitions:
   • a particular interpretation or performance
   Examples:
   • On that reading it was an insult
   • He was famous for his reading of Mozart
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Reading
   • Meter reading
   • Indication
   Definitions:
   • a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
   Examples:
   • He could not believe the meter reading
   • The barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Reading
   • Reading material
   Definitions:
   • written material intended to be read
   Examples:
   • The teacher assigned new readings
   • He bought some reading material at the airport
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Interpretation
   • Reading
   • Version
   Definitions:
   • a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Reading
   Definitions:
   • a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Recitation
   • Recital
   • Reading
   Definitions:
   • a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
   Examples:
   • The program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Reading
   • Meter reading
   Definitions:
   • the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
   Examples:
   • He has a job meter reading for the gas company
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Read
   Definitions:
   • interpret something that is written or printed
   Examples:
   • Read the advertisement
   • Have you read Salman Rushdie?
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Read
   • Say
   Definitions:
   • have or contain a certain wording or form
   Examples:
   • The passage reads as follows
   • What does the law say?
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Read
   Definitions:
   • look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed
   Examples:
   • The King will read the proclamation at noon
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Read
   • Scan
   Definitions:
   • obtain data from magnetic tapes
   Examples:
   • This dictionary can be read by the computer
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Read
   Definitions:
   • interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky
   • also of human behavior
   Examples:
   • She read the sky and predicted rain
   • I can't read his strange behavior
   • The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Take
   • Read
   Definitions:
   • interpret something in a certain way
   • convey a particular meaning or impression
   Examples:
   • I read this address as a satire
   • How should I take this message?
   • You can't take credit for this!
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Learn
   • Study
   • Read
   • Take
   Definitions:
   • be a student of a certain subject
   Examples:
   • She is reading for the bar exam
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Read
   • Register
   • Show
   • Record
   Definitions:
   • indicate a certain reading
   • of gauges and instruments
   Examples:
   • The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero
   • The gauge read `empty'
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Read
   Definitions:
   • audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role
   Examples:
   • He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Read
    Definitions:
    • to hear and understand
    Examples:
    • I read you loud and clear!
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Understand
    • Read
    • Interpret
    • Translate
    Definitions:
    • make sense of a language
    Examples:
    • She understands French
    • Can you read Greek?