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English

Etymology

From read +? -ing.

Pronunciation

• enPR: r?d'?ng, IPA^(key): /??i?d??/, [??i????], /??idi?/, [??i?i?]
• Rhymes: -i?d??

Verb

reading

1. present participle of read

Noun

reading (countable and uncountable, plural readings)

1. The process of interpreting written language.

2. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
3. A value indicated by a measuring device.

   a speedometer reading.

   • 2019, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     He noted that fine dust readings have been higher in Seoul than in Beijing recently. 

4. An event at which written material is read aloud.

   a poetry reading.

5. An interpretation.

   a reading of the current situation.

6. Something to read; reading material.
7. The extent of what one has read.

   He's a man of good reading.

8. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
9. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.

   readings from the Bible

Derived terms

• poetry reading
• reading material

Translations

Anagrams

• Dearing, dearing, deraign, gradine, grained, inraged