Reading [ree-ding]   Example Sentences
Main Entry:
read  [reed]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look at and understand written word
Synonyms: apprehend, bury oneself in, comprehend, construe, decipher, dip into, discover, flip through, gather, glance, go over, go through, interpret, know, leaf through, learn, make out, perceive, peruse, pore over, refer to, scan, scratch the surface, see, skim, study, translate, unravel, view
Antonyms: write
Main Entry: reading
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: interpretation of written word
Synonyms: account, book-learning, commentary, conception, construction, edification, education, erudition, examination, grasp, impression, inspection, knowledge, learning, lesson, paraphrase, perusal, rendering, rendition, review, scholarship, scrutiny, study, translation, treatment, understanding, version
Antonyms: writing
Main Entry: appraise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: judge, estimate
Synonyms: adjudge, assay, assess, audit, calculate, check, check out*, deem, evaluate, examine, eye*, figure, figure in, figure out, gauge, guesstimate, have one's number, inspect, look over, peg, price, rate, read, review, set at, size, survey, take account of, valuate, value
Notes: appraise is 'evaluate, size up' and apprise is 'inform'
apprise means 'to inform'; appraise means 'to assess or evaluate'
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
  • Hotfooted down the next day, picked it up, tried to start reading it in the car on the way home.
  • Reading stories can fine-tune your social skills by helping you better understand other human beings.
  • All new to me, even after reading books on dry stone walls.
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Main Entry: appreciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: recognize worth
Synonyms: acknowledge, apprehend, be aware of, be cognizant of, be conscious of, catch the drift, comprehend, dig, fathom, grasp, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, savvy, see daylight, sympathize with, take account of, understand
Main Entry: apprehend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: understand
Synonyms: absorb, accept, appreciate, believe, catch, comprehend, conceive, digest, fathom, get, get the picture, grasp, have, imagine, know, perceive, read, realize, recognize, sense, think
Antonyms: misunderstand
Main Entry: ascertain
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: make sure
Synonyms: catch on, check, check out*, check up on, confirm, determine, dig*, discover, divine, double-check, establish, eye*, eyeball, find out, fix, get down cold, get down pat, get hold of, get it down, get the hang of, identify, learn, learn the ropes, look-see, make certain, make sure, peg, pick up on, pick up*, read, see, settle, size, size up, tell, verify
* = informal/non-formal usage
Main Entry: assay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: analyze
Synonyms: appraise, apprise, assess, check, check out, estimate, evaluate, examine, eyeball, inspect, investigate, measure, peg, prove, rate, read, see, size, size up, survey, test, try, valuate, value, weigh
Main Entry: audition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: test of ability
Synonyms: audience, demo, hearing, reading, trial, try on, tryout
Main Entry: augur
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: predict; be an omen of
Synonyms: adumbrate, bespeak, bode, call it, call the shots, crystal-ball, figure out, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, harbinger, have a hunch, herald, portend, presage, prognosticate, promise, prophesy, psych out, read, signify, soothsay
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