To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Have you read this book?
A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
I had a read of the evening papers.
Something to be read; a written work.
His thrillers are always a gripping read.
A surname from Old English, a less common spelling variant of Reid.
A male given name transferred from the surname.
A village and civil parish in Ribble Valley district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD7634).
From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-Eu...
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To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object
He read us a passage from his new book.
simple past and past participle of read
A person's interpretation or impression of something.
What's your read of the current political situation?