Reading Extra Examples Read ˈriːdɪŋ List Light I

• my hobbies include reading and painting.
• he needs more help with his reading.
• are you any good at map reading?
• he enjoys reading and going to the cinema.

reading

1. the activity of somebody who reads
• My hobbies include reading and painting.
• He needs more help with his reading.
• Are you any good at map reading?
• He enjoys reading and going to the cinema.
• reading glasses (= worn when reading)
• a reading lamp/light (= one that can be moved to shine light onto something that you are reading)
• She has a reading knowledge of German (= she can understand written German).
• After extensive reading on the subject she set to work on an article.
• He's done a lot of reading about the history of race relations.

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• He asked her about her reading habits.
• His reading about Ruskin led him to the works of Turner.
• I haven't had time to do much reading lately.
• I need to get down to some serious reading.
• In the holidays I'll get down to some serious reading.
• My map-reading skills are not the best.
2. an act of reading something
• A closer (= more detailed) reading of the text reveals just how desperate he was feeling.
• We are all expected to attend the reading of her will.
3. books, articles, etc. that are intended to be read
• reading material
• reading matter
• a series of reading books for children
• a reading list (= a list of books, etc. that students are expected to read for a particular subject)
• further reading (= at the end of a book, a list of other books that give more information about the same subject)
• The report makes for interesting reading (= it is interesting to read)
• The article is not exactly light reading (= it is serious and requires effort and concentration to understand).
• His article should be compulsory reading for law students.
• Her assigned reading for English class was ‘Great Expectations’.
• a list of suggested reading on this topic

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• Their story makes compulsive reading.
• The book is worthwhile reading for anyone interested in the Industrial Revolution.
• Horror is hardly my idea of bedtime reading.
• some light holiday reading
4. the particular way in which you understand a book, situation, etc.
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• Those conclusions are based on a literal reading of the text.
• My own reading of events is less optimistic.

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• her attentive and insightful reading of the manuscript
• These paintings often invite an allegorical reading.
• Longinus provides a sensitive reading of Sappho's poem.
• He draws his morality from a literal reading of the Old Testament.
5. the amount or number shown on an instrument used for measuring something
• Meter readings are taken every three months.

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• The dials were giving higher readings than we had expected.
• Temperature readings were recorded throughout the day.
• A reading of 25 or more is abnormally high.
6. an event at which something is read to an audience for entertainment; a piece of literature that is read at such an event
• He was invited to give a poetry reading as part of the literary festival.
• The evening ended with a reading from her latest novel.

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• The reading was given by Mrs Smith.
• We met at a reading of his poetry.
• I saw a staged reading of the new play ‘Light’.
• Dickens gave many public readings from his works.
7. a short section from a holy text that is read to people as part of a religious service
• The reading today is from the Book of Daniel.
• readings from the Koran
8. one of the stages during which a bill (= a proposal for a new law) must be discussed and accepted by a parliament before it can become law
• The bill looks like it will be given a second reading.