reading

Pronunciation: /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
  2. noun a particular interpretation or performance
  3. noun a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

Etymology

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
linguistic process
Narrower (hyponyms)
perusal, browse, skim, speed-reading

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