reading
noun
uk
/ˈriː.dɪŋ/ us
/ˈriː.dɪŋ/reading noun (WRITTEN TEXT)
A1 [ U ]
C2 [ C ]
- I wish I could find (the) time to do more reading.
- I do a lot of reading in my free time.
- I want some light reading for the summer holidays - a romance or something.
- Students are expected to do some background reading before the course starts.
- The school uses a combination of modern and traditional methods for teaching reading.
- alexia
- aliteracy
- aliterate
- cross-refer
- deconstruct
- dip
- have your nose in a book idiom
- leaf
- lip-read
- must-read
- not put something down idiom
- perusal
- pore over something phrasal verb
- pre-literary
- sound someone out phrasal verb
- speed reading
- speed-read
- thumb through something phrasal verb
- tsundoku
- wade
reading noun (UNDERSTANDING)
- appreciation for something
- apprehend
- apprehensible
- apprehension
- astutely
- catch
- colour
- handle
- I feel you idiom
- incoherently
- keenness
- keep someone up phrasal verb
- know a hawk from a handsaw idiom
- take something on board idiom
- taken
- tape
- tease
- tease something apart phrasal verb
- to get a handle on something idiom
- tune