Read vs. Write

Readverb

To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.

Readverb

To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.

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(transitive) To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.

Readverb

To consist of certain text.

Readverb

(intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.

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(transitive) To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.

Readverb

Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.

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To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.

Readverb

To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.

Readverb

To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).

Readverb

(obsolete) To think, believe; to consider (that).

Readverb

(obsolete) To advise; to counsel. See rede.

Readverb

(obsolete) To tell; to declare; to recite.

Readverb

To recognise (someone) as being transgender.

Readverb

To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.

Readverb

past tense of read

Readverb

past participle of read

Readnoun

A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.

Readnoun

An instance of calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult.

Readnoun

(in combination) That which is to be read

Readnoun

Rennet. See 3d Reed.

Readnoun

Saying; sentence; maxim; hence, word; advice; counsel. See Rede.

Readnoun

Reading.

Readverb

To advise; to counsel.

Readverb

To interpret; to explain; as, to read a riddle.

Readverb

To tell; to declare; to recite.

Readverb

To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take in the sense of, as of language, by interpreting the characters with which it is expressed; to peruse; as, to read a discourse; to read the letters of an alphabet; to read figures; to read the notes of music, or to read music; to read a book.

Readverb

Hence, to know fully; to comprehend.

Readverb

To discover or understand by characters, marks, features, etc.; to learn by observation.

Readverb

To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks; as, to read theology or law.

Readverb

To give advice or counsel.

Readverb

To tell; to declare.

Readverb

To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document.

Readverb

To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.

Readverb

To learn by reading.

Readverb

To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage reads thus in the early manuscripts.

Readverb

To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence reads queerly.

Read

imp. & p. p. of Read, v. t. & i.

Readadjective

Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.

Readnoun

something that is read;

Readverb

interpret something that is written or printed;

Readverb

have or contain a certain wording or form;

Readverb

look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed;

Readverb

obtain data from magnetic tapes;

Readverb

interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky, etc.; also of human behavior;

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interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression;

Readverb

indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments;

Readverb

be a student of a certain subject;

Readverb

audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role;

Readverb

to hear and understand;

Readverb

make sense of a language;

Writeverb

(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.

Writeverb

(transitive) To be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.).

Writeverb

(transitive) To send written information to.

Writeverb

(transitive) To show (information, etc) in written form.

Writeverb

(intransitive) To be an author.

Writeverb

}} To record data mechanically or electronically.

Writeverb

To fill in, to complete using words.

Writeverb

To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave.

Writeverb

To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; often used reflexively.

Writeverb

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.

Writeverb

To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.

Writeverb

Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

Writeverb

To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.

Writeverb

To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; - often used reflexively.

Writeverb

To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.

Writeverb

To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.

Writeverb

To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.

Writeverb

To compose or send letters.

Writeverb

produce a literary work;

Writeverb

communicate or express by writing;

Writeverb

have (one's written work) issued for publication;

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communicate (with) in writing;

Writeverb

communicate by letter;

Writeverb

write music;

Writeverb

mark or trace on a surface;

Writeverb

record data on a computer;

Writeverb

write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word);

Writeverb

mark (letters, words, or other symbols) on a surface, typically paper, with a pen, pencil, or similar implement

Writeverb

have the ability to mark coherent letters or words

Writeverb

fill in or complete (a sheet, cheque, or similar)

Writeverb

take (an exam or test)

Writeverb

write in a cursive hand, as opposed to printing individual letters.

Writeverb

compose, write, and send (a letter) to someone

Writeverb

write and send a letter to

Writeverb

write to an organization, newspaper, etc. with a question, suggestion, or opinion

Writeverb

compose (a text or work) for written or printed reproduction or publication; put into literary form and set down in writing

Writeverb

compose (a musical work)

Writeverb

add or remove a character to or from (a long-running story or series).

Writeverb

describe in writing

Writeverb

enter (data) into a specified storage medium or location in store

Writeverb

underwrite (an insurance policy).