read synonyms

read

modif.

examined, gone over, checked over, scanned; see investigated, understood 1.

read

v.

  1. To understand by reading

    comprehend, go through, peruse, study, pore over, scan, skim, browse, glance over, go over, examine, gather, see, know, perceive, apprehend, grasp, learn, flip through the pages, thumb through, wade through, dip into, scratch the surface, run the eye over, bury oneself in, have one's nose in a book*, crack a book*; see also understand 1.

  2. To interpret

    view, render, translate, decipher, decode, make out, unravel, express, explain, expound, construe, perceive, paraphrase, restate, put; see also interpret 1.

  3. To contain when read

    state, hold, indicate, register, record, show, express, assert, affirm.

  4. To utter printed matter aloud

    present, deliver, recite, sound out; see address 2, recite 1.

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