ˈri:dɪŋ n. 1 a
the act or an
instance of reading or perusing (the reading of the will). b
matter to be
read (have
plenty of reading
with me). c the specified
quality of
this (it
made exciting reading). 2 (in comb.) used
for reading (reading-lamp; reading-room). 3
literary knowledge (a
person of
wide reading). 4 an
entertainment at
which a
play, poems,
etc., are read (poetry reading). 5 a
figure etc.
shown by a meter or
other recording instrument. 6 an interpretation or
view taken (what is
your reading of the facts?). 7 an interpretation made (of
drama,
music, etc.). 8
each of the
successive occasions on which a bill must be presented to a
legislature for
acceptance (see
also first reading, second reading,
third reading). 9 the
version of a
text, or the
particular wording, conjectured or
given by an
editor etc. øreading
age reading
ability expressed as the age for which the
same ability is
calculated as
average (has a reading age of eight). [OE (as READ)]
