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Definition for read

verb as in look at and understand written word

Strongest matches

gather, interpret, know, learn, refer to, scan, see, study, translate, view

Strong matches

apprehend, comprehend, construe, decipher, discover, glance, perceive, peruse, skim, unravel

Weak matches

bury oneself in, dip into, flip through, go over, go through, leaf through, make out, pore over, scratch the surface

verb as in express, state

Strongest matches

announce, deliver, display, explain, hold, recite, say, show, speak, utter

Strong matches

affirm, assert, declaim, expound, indicate, mark, paraphrase, pronounce, record, register, render, restate

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Example Sentences

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She once relied on an almost photographic memory to learn scripts, but now must have lines read aloud to her.

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This means messages are scrambled when they leave the sender's device and can only be read by the recipient.

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We immediately booked a scouting trip to verify what we had read, and more importantly to be on the lookout for red flags that might derail any thoughts of relocation.

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But the official predictions at the moment do not make for reassuring reading.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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