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Read Sth Okumak Transitive I Past Verb Words

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Kind verb
Front read 
IPA  /riːd   / verb (past tense, past participle read /red   /)
Back okumak
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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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