Reading

Definition of Reading

Read´ing   Pronunciation: rēd´ĭng
n.1.The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
2.Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
3.A lecture or prelection; public recital.
The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.
- Hooker.
4.The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
5.Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
6.An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
Reading of a bill
(Legislation) its formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.
a.1.Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
2.Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
Reading book
a book for teaching reading; a reader.
Reading desk
a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church.
Reading glass
a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.
Reading man
one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student.
Reading room
a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.

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