| make sense of a language; "She understands French"; "Can you read Greek?" पर्याय: understand, interpret, translate,
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| be a student of a certain subject; "She is reading for the bar exam" पर्याय: learn, study, take,
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| to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
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| interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression; "I read this address as a satire"; "How should I take this message?"; "You can''t take credit for this!" पर्याय: take,
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| interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
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| look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
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| interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can''t read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
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| obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer" पर्याय: scan,
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| indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty''" पर्याय: register, show, record,
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| audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar'' at Stratford this year"
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| have or contain a certain wording or form; "The passage reads as follows"; "What does the law say?" पर्याय: say,
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