Read - Simple English Wiktionary

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read is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
rather - read - ready

Pronunciation

[change] noun and present tense
  • (UK) enPR: rēd, IPA(key): /riːd/, SAMPA: /ri:d/
  • (US) enPR: rēd, IPA(key): /rid/, SAMPA: /rid/
  • Audio (US)(file)
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  • Homophone: reed
past tense and past participle
  • enPR: rĕd, IPA(key): /rɛd/
  • SAMPA: /rEd/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Homophone: red

Verb

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Plain form read

Third-person singular reads

Past tense read

Past participle read

Present participle reading

This man is reading a newspaper
  1. Someone is reading when they are looking at a book or other writing and understanding what it says. Have you read this book?

Noun

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Singular read

Plural reads
  1. (countable) A read is something that you read. That last book was a great read.
  2. (countable) A read is an act of reading something. This is a great book. You should give it a read.
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