Reading

Read´ing Pronunciation: rēd´ĭng

The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.

Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.

A lecture or prelection; public recital.

The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.

- Hooker.

The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.

Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.

An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.

Reading of a bill
(Legislation) its formal recital, by the proper officer, before the House which is to consider it.

Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.

Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.

Reading book
a book for teaching reading; a reader.

Reading desk
a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church.

Reading glass
a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.

Reading man
one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student.

Reading room
a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.

Noun	1.	reading - the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message; "he enjoys reading books"
	2.	reading - a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument; "he could not believe the meter reading"; "the barometer gave clear indications of an approaching storm" Synonyms: meter reading, indication
	3.	reading - a particular interpretation or performance; "on that reading it was an insult"; "he was famous for his reading of Mozart"
	4.	reading - written material intended to be read; "the teacher assigned new readings"; "he bought some reading material at the airport" Synonyms: reading material
	5.	reading - a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something Synonyms: interpretation, version
	6.	Reading - a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
	7.	reading - a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance; "the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems" Synonyms: recitation, recital
	8.	reading - the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments; "he has a job meter reading for the gas company" Synonyms: meter reading

READING. The act of making known the contents of a writing or of a printed document.
2. In order to enable a party to a contract or a devisor to know what a paper contains it must be read, either by the party himself or by some other person to him. When a person signs or executes a paper, it will be presumed that it has been read to him, but this presumption may be rebutted.
3. In the case of a blind testator, if it can be proved that the will was not read to him, it cannot be sustained. 3 Wash. C C. R. 580. Vide 2 Bouv. Inst. n. 2012.

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