read
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /riːd/US /riːd/
Meaning
verb
to look at and understand the meaning of written or printed words or symbols
“She's still learning to read.”
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“My mother says that I started reading at the age of two, although I think four is probably close to the truth.”
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“and then I'll take a rest uh I'll read”
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“There, in my little office, I read hastily scribbled letters smuggled out of totalitarian regimes by men and women who were risking imprisonment to inform the outside world of what was happening”
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