reading

/ɹˈidɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
   “his main reading was detective stories”
2. a particular interpretation or performance
   “on that reading it was an insult”
3. 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”
4. written material intended to be read
   “the teacher assigned new readings”
5. a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
6. a city on the River Thames in Berkshire in southern England
7. a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
   “the program included songs and recitations of well-loved poems”
8. the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
   “he has a job meter reading for the gas company”

Synonyms for reading

• meter reading
• indication
• reading material
• interpretation
• version
• recitation
• recital

Words that rhyme with reading

• breeding
• leading
• receding
• beading
• feeding
• pleading
• preceding
• succeeding
• bleeding
• ceding
• conceding
• exceeding
• impeding
• inbreeding
• misleading
• misreading
• proceeding
• speeding
• acceding
• cheerleading
• heeding
• interceding
• kneading
• needing
• preceeding
• proofreading
• reding
• rereading
• seceding
• seeding