| Level | A1 |
|---|---|
| Kind | verb |
| Front | read |
| IPA | /riːd / verb (past tense, past participle read /red /) |
| Back | okumak |
| Back 2 | read (verb) /riːd
/ verb (past tense, past participle read
/red /)
1 [intransitive,
transitive]
to look at words or
symbols and understand them
okumak
He never learnt to read and write.
Have you read any good books lately?
Did you read about what he did last week?
Can you read music?
2 [intransitive,
transitive]
read (sb) (sth); read sth
(to sb)
to say written words
to sb
birine
bir şey okumak
My father used to read me stories when I
was a child.
Read that sentence to me again, I didn't
understand it.
I hate reading out loud.
3 [transitive]
to be able to
understand sth from what you can see
görmek;
okumak
A man came to read the gas meter.
Profoundly deaf people often learn to read
lips.
I've no idea what he'll say – I can't read
his mind!
How do you read the situation?
4 [transitive]
to show words or a
sign of sth
göstermek
The sign read ‘Keep Left’.
What does the thermometer read?
5 [transitive] (formal)
to study a subject at
university
(okulda) okumak
She read Modern Languages at Cambridge.
PHRASAL VERBS
read
sth into sth
to think that there is
a meaning in sth that may not really be there
anlam
yüklemek, kendi yorumunu katmak
Don't read too much into the letter.
They're only asking you for an interview, not offering you the job.
read
on
to continue reading;
to read the next part of sth
okumaya
devam etmek
If you read on, you'll find that the story
gets exciting.
read
sth out
to read sth to other
people
yüksek
sesle okumak
read
sth through
to read sth to check
details or to look for mistakes
gözden
geçirmek
I read my essay through a few times before
handing it in.
read
up on sth
to find out everything
you can about a subject
hakkında
her şeyi öğrenmek
I'm going to read up on the company before
my job interview.
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