English words for 'teaching beginners to read'
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noun
- one of a series of texts for students learning to read
- A person who reads.
- An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
- a person who can read; a literate person
- a person who enjoys reading
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.
- Any device that reads something.
- (chiefly British) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
- A person who reads a publication.
- (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
- A literary anthology.
- (in the plural) Reading glasses.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
- At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.
- A proofreader.
noun
- A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
- (historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
- An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.
- (historical, Protestantism ecclesiastical) Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.
- Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.
- A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup.
- A person who prunes trees.
- A layer of such a substance.
- (medicine, zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.
- A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.
- A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting.
- (biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- an introductory textbook
verb
- learn by reading books
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
noun
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
noun
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
- the relation of comprising something
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
noun
- Something to read; reading material.
- The extent of what one has read.
- The process of interpreting written language.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
verb
noun
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
verb
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
adj
- knowledgeable about literature
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- of or relating to or characteristic of literature
- appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
- Relating to literature.
- Bookish.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
name
- Misspelling of Reading.
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Indiana.
- A minor city in Ringgold County, Iowa.
- A town in Fairfield County, Connecticut.
- A township in Clare County, Michigan.
- A village in Falkirk council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NS9278).
- A city, the county seat of Shasta County, California.
- A township in Jackson County, Indiana.
noun
- a place where reading materials are available
- a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning
- An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
- Alternative form of Athenaeum: a temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva.
- A literary or scientific periodical, especially one similar to the London Athenaeum.
- The reading room or library of such an association; (by extension) any reading room or library.
noun
- (education) Initialism of sustained silent reading.
- (military) Initialism of special support and reconnaissance.
- (web development) Initialism of server-side rendering.
- (nautical) Initialism of small ships register.
- (electronics) Initialism of solid-state relay.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squared residuals.
- (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of special service requirement or special service request.
- (aviation) Initialism of secondary surveillance radar.
name
adj
name
- Initialism of Persian Gulf.
- (comics) Initialism of Power Girl (“DC Comics superheroine”).
- (gaming) Initialism of Pokémon Go.
- (business) Initialism of Paul Graham, English-American programmer and venture capitalist (b. 1964).
- (stock ticker symbol) Initialism of Procter & Gamble.
- Initialism of Project Gutenberg.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Germanic.
- Abbreviation of Prince George's County.
noun
- (uncountable, film, British, US, India, Philippines) Initialism of parental guidance, a rating for a film that may be viewed by minors at their parents' discretion.
- Initialism of phosphogypsum.
- (by extension, countable, India) paying guest house
- (countable, basketball) Initialism of point guard.
- (India) Initialism of postgraduate.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of propylene glycol.
- (slang) Initialism of paregoric, a painkiller.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of proteoglycan.
- (countable, chiefly UK) Initialism of paying guest.
verb
noun
verb
- read with difficulty
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
noun
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
adj
noun
noun
verb
- (transitive) To read aloud.
- (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
- (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
- (intransitive) To pass judgment.
- (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
- (transitive) To emphasize, highlight.
- (passive voice) To sound like.
- (transitive) To pronounce dead.
- (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- pronounce judgment on
noun
noun
adj
noun
- (linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.
- (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
- A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
- (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
- (American football) The act of catching a pass.
- The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
- (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
- The act of receiving.
- A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
- a formal party of people; as after a wedding
- the act of receiving
- the manner in which something is greeted
- quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
- (American football) the act of catching a pass in football
adj
verb
adj
- Dedicated to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books
- (usually followed by an infinitive or by "of") Earnest in endeavors; attentive; diligent
- Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
- Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
- Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation
- marked by care and effort
- characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading
noun
- one of a series of texts for students learning to read
- A person who reads.
- An elementary textbook for those learning to read, especially for foreign languages.
- a person who can read; a literate person
- a person who enjoys reading
- someone who reads the lessons in a church service; someone ordained in a minor order of the Roman Catholic Church
- someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability for publication
- someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a certain number of issues of a publication
- someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark corrections
- a public lecturer at certain universities
- (slang, gambling, in the plural) Marked playing cards used by cheaters.
- Any device that reads something.
- (chiefly British) A university lecturer ranking below a professor.
- A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.
- A person who reads a publication.
- (advertising) A newspaper advertisement designed to look like a news article rather than a commercial solicitation.
- A literary anthology.
- (in the plural) Reading glasses.
- A lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service.
- A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.
- A book of exercises to accompany a textbook.
- A position attached to aristocracy, or to the wealthy, with the task of reading aloud, often in a foreign language.
- At Eton College, a lesson for which pupils are sent back to their separate school houses.
- A proofreader.
noun
- A children's book intended to teach literacy: how to read, write, and spell.
- (historical, Catholicism ecclesiastical) A prayer or devotional book intended for laity, initially an abridgment of the breviary and manual including the hours of the Virgin Mary, 15 gradual and 7 penitential psalms, the litany, the placebo and dirige forming the office of the dead, and the commendations.
- An introductory text on any subject, particularly basic concepts.
- (historical, Protestantism ecclesiastical) Any of various similar works issued in England for private prayer in accordance with the Book of Common Prayer.
- Any substance or device, such as priming wire or blasting cap, used to ignite gunpowder or other explosive.
- A layer of makeup that goes beneath the foundation; undermakeup.
- A person who prunes trees.
- A layer of such a substance.
- (medicine, zoology) A pheromone which interacts first with the endocrine system.
- A device used to prime an internal combustion engine with gasoline, (especially) in airplanes.
- A substance used to prime wood, metal, etc. in preparation for painting.
- (biochemistry, genetics) A molecule which initiates the synthesis of an enzyme, (especially) a single-stranded nucleic acid molecule which initiates DNA replication.
- the first or preliminary coat of paint or size applied to a surface
- any igniter that is used to initiate the burning of a propellant
- an introductory textbook
noun
- (education) Reading comprehension.
- (Christianity) The inclusion of nonconformists within the Church of England.
- (programming) A compact syntax for generating a collection in some programming languages, traditionally lists in functional programming languages.
- (logic) The totality of intensions, that is, attributes, characters, marks, properties, or qualities, that the object possesses, or else the totality of intensions that are pertinent to the context of a given discussion.
- A thorough understanding.
- the relation of comprising something
- an ability to understand the meaning or importance of something (or the knowledge acquired as a result)
noun
- Something to read; reading material.
- The extent of what one has read.
- The process of interpreting written language.
- An event at which written material is read aloud.
- (textual criticism) The wording of a version of a text in a particular place or context.
- The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
- (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
- (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.
- (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
- (by extension) An interpretation.
- A value indicated by a measuring device.
- (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
- a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something
- written material intended to be read
- the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments
- a public instance of reciting or repeating (from memory) something prepared in advance
- a particular interpretation or performance
- a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument
- the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
verb
verb
- learn by reading books
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
noun
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
noun
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- the occupation for which you are paid
- a place where work is done
- activity directed toward making or doing something
- a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
- (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force
- the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
- (mining) Ore before it is dressed.
- Effort expended on a particular task.
- (physics, more generally) A measure of energy that is usefully extracted from a process: applied productively.
- (uncountable, often in combination) The result of a particular manner of production.
- The place where one is employed.
- (LGBTQ slang) The confident attitude of a drag queen.
- Labour, occupation, job.
- (countable) A fortification.
- (slang, plural only) The equipment needed to inject a drug (syringes, needles, swabs etc.)
- Something on which effort is expended.
- (prison slang) Prison gang violence.
- (uncountable, slang, professional wrestling) The staging of events to appear as real.
- Sustained effort to overcome obstacles and achieve a result.
- (uncountable, often in combination) Something produced using the specified material or tool.
- (physics) A measure of energy expended in moving an object; most commonly, force times distance. No work is done if the object does not move.
- (euphemistic) Cosmetic surgery.
- (countable) A literary, artistic, or intellectual production; a creative work.
- (by extension) One's employer.
verb
- provoke or excite
- have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected
- prepare for crops
- arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion
- operate in or through
- to mix into a homogeneous mass
- behave in a certain way when handled
- move in an agitated manner
- move into or onto
- proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity
- operate in a certain place, area, or specialty
- cause to work
- cause to happen or to occur as a consequence
- use or manipulate to one's advantage
- exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; work
- find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of
- proceed along a path
- shape, form, or improve a material
- make something, usually for a specific function
- give a workout to
- cause to operate or function
- go sour or spoil
- gratify and charm, usually in order to influence
- perform as expected when applied
- be employed
- have and exert influence or effect
- cause to undergo fermentation
- (intransitive) To do a specific task by employing physical or mental powers.
- To force to work.
- (transitive) To move or progress slowly [with one's way].
- (intransitive, figuratively) To influence.
- Said of one's job title [with as].
- General use, said of either fellow employees or instruments or clients [with with].
- (intransitive) To ferment.
- (transitive) To cause to ferment.
- (transitive) To embroider with thread.
- (transitive) To work or operate in, through, or by means of.
- (transitive) To cause to move slowly or with difficulty.
- (ditransitive, poetic) To cause (someone) to feel (something); to do unto somebody (something, whether good or bad).
- (law) To cause to happen or to occur as a consequence.
- (intransitive) To function correctly; to act as intended; to achieve the goal designed for.
- (intransitive) To move in an agitated manner.
- (intransitive) To behave in a certain way when handled
- Said of a company or individual who employs [with for].
- To set into action.
- To exhaust, by working.
- To provoke or excite; to influence.
- To shape, form, or improve a material.
- Said of one's workplace (building), or one's department, or one's trade (sphere of business) [with in or at].
- (slang, transitive) To pull off; to wear, perform, etc. successfully or to advantage.
- (LGBTQ slang, intransitive) To perform with a confident attitude, particularly as a drag queen.
- (intransitive) To move or progress slowly or with difficulty; to proceed with effort.
- (transitive) To work or operate in a certain place, area, or speciality.
- To use or manipulate to one’s advantage.
noun
- a place where reading materials are available
- a literary or scientific association for the promotion of learning
- An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
- Alternative form of Athenaeum: a temple primarily dedicated to Athena or her Roman equivalent Minerva.
- A literary or scientific periodical, especially one similar to the London Athenaeum.
- The reading room or library of such an association; (by extension) any reading room or library.
noun
- (education) Initialism of sustained silent reading.
- (military) Initialism of special support and reconnaissance.
- (web development) Initialism of server-side rendering.
- (nautical) Initialism of small ships register.
- (electronics) Initialism of solid-state relay.
- (statistics) Initialism of sum of squared residuals.
- (aviation, travel industry) Initialism of special service requirement or special service request.
- (aviation) Initialism of secondary surveillance radar.
name
noun
noun
noun
adj
noun
- (linguistics) Reading viewed as the active process of receiving a text in any medium (written, spoken, signed, multimodal, nonverbal), consisting of several steps, such as ideation, comprehension, reconstruction, interpretation.
- (law) The conscious adoption or transplantation of legal phenomena from a different culture.
- A social engagement, usually to formally welcome someone.
- (UK, education) The school year, or part thereof, between preschool and Year 1, when children are introduced to formal education.
- (American football) The act of catching a pass.
- The desk of a hotel or office where guests are received.
- (uncountable, electronics) The act or ability to receive radio or similar signals.
- The act of receiving.
- A reaction; the treatment received on first talking to a person, arriving at a place, etc.
- a formal party of people; as after a wedding
- the act of receiving
- the manner in which something is greeted
- quality or fidelity of a received broadcast
- (American football) the act of catching a pass in football
verb
- learn by reading books
- be a student; follow a course of study; be enrolled at an institute of learning
- be a student of a certain subject
- consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning
- give careful consideration to
- think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
- (usually academic, transitive, intransitive) To review materials already learned in order to make sure one does not forget them, usually in preparation for an examination.
- (transitive) To acquire knowledge on a subject with the intention of applying it in practice.
- (transitive) To look at carefully and minutely.
- (intransitive) To endeavor diligently; to be zealous.
- (transitive) To fix the mind closely upon a subject; to dwell upon anything in thought; to muse; to ponder.
- (academic, transitive) To take a course or courses on a subject.
noun
- applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)
- someone who memorizes quickly and easily (as the lines for a part in a play)
- a state of deep mental absorption
- a written document describing the findings of some individual or group
- a composition intended to develop one aspect of the performer's technique
- a detailed critical inspection
- attentive consideration and meditation
- preliminary drawing for later elaboration
- a room used for reading and writing and studying
- a branch of knowledge
- Any particular branch of learning that is studied; any object of attentive consideration.
- (chess) An endgame problem composed for artistic merit, where one side is to play for a win or for a draw.
- Mental effort to acquire knowledge or learning.
- The act of studying or examining; examination.
- (academic) An academic publication.
- (music) A piece for special practice; an etude.
- One who commits a theatrical part to memory.
- A room in a house intended for reading and writing; traditionally the private room of the male head of household.
- An artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject or technique.
- The human face, bearing an expression which the observer finds amusingly typical of a particular emotion or state of mind.
verb
noun
verb
- read with difficulty
- make a mark or lines on a surface
- pursue or chase relentlessly
- follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along
- copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of
- to go back over again
- discover traces of
- (transitive) To draw or sketch lightly or with care.
- (computing, transitive) To follow the execution of the program by making it to stop after every instruction, or by making it print a message after every step.
- (transitive) To follow the trail of.
- To follow the history of.
- (transitive) To copy onto a sheet of paper superimposed over the original, by drawing over its lines.
noun
- a just detectable amount
- a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle
- either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree
- a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image
- an indication that something has been present
- a suggestion of some quality
- (engineering) A connecting bar or rod, pivoted at each end to the end of another piece, for transmitting motion, especially from one plane to another; specifically, such a piece in an organ stop action to transmit motion from the trundle to the lever actuating the stop slider.
- An enquiry sent out for a missing article, such as a letter or an express package.
- A mark left as a sign of passage of a person or animal.
- An act of tracing.
- (meteorology) A small amount of rain, not enough to be measured.
- (semiotics) A signifier approximated in the absence of stable signified.
- A very small amount, often residual, of some substance or material.
- An informal road or prominent path in an arid area.
- (linear algebra) The sum of the diagonal elements of a square matrix.
- (programming) A sequence of instructions, including branches but not loops, that is executed for some input data.
- (electronics) A current-carrying conductive pathway on a printed circuit board.
- (fortification) The ground plan of a work or works.
- (grammar) An empty category occupying a position in the syntactic structure from which something has been moved, used to explain constructions such as wh-movement and the passive.
- (geometry) The intersection of a plane of projection, or an original plane, with a coordinate plane.
- One of two straps, chains, or ropes of a harness, extending from the collar or breastplate to a whippletree attached to a vehicle or thing to be drawn; a tug.
adj
verb
- (transitive) To read aloud.
- (intransitive) To produce the components of speech.
- (transitive) To declare formally, officially or ceremoniously.
- (intransitive) To pass judgment.
- (transitive) To sound out (a word or phrase); to articulate.
- (transitive) To emphasize, highlight.
- (passive voice) To sound like.
- (transitive) To pronounce dead.
- (transitive) To declare authoritatively, or as a formal expert opinion.
- speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way
- pronounce judgment on
noun
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adj
- knowledgeable about literature
- Knowledgeable of literature or writing.
- of or relating to or characteristic of literature
- appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing
- Relating to literature.
- Bookish.
- Appropriate to literature rather than everyday writing.
- Relating to writers, or the profession of literature.
adj
name
- Initialism of Persian Gulf.
- (comics) Initialism of Power Girl (“DC Comics superheroine”).
- (gaming) Initialism of Pokémon Go.
- (business) Initialism of Paul Graham, English-American programmer and venture capitalist (b. 1964).
- (stock ticker symbol) Initialism of Procter & Gamble.
- Initialism of Project Gutenberg.
- (linguistics) Initialism of Proto-Germanic.
- Abbreviation of Prince George's County.
noun
- (uncountable, film, British, US, India, Philippines) Initialism of parental guidance, a rating for a film that may be viewed by minors at their parents' discretion.
- Initialism of phosphogypsum.
- (by extension, countable, India) paying guest house
- (countable, basketball) Initialism of point guard.
- (India) Initialism of postgraduate.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of propylene glycol.
- (slang) Initialism of paregoric, a painkiller.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of proteoglycan.
- (countable, chiefly UK) Initialism of paying guest.
adj
verb
adj
- Dedicated to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books
- (usually followed by an infinitive or by "of") Earnest in endeavors; attentive; diligent
- Planned with study; deliberate; studied.
- Given to thought, or to the examination of subjects by contemplation; contemplative.
- Favorable to study; suitable for thought and contemplation
- marked by care and effort
- characterized by diligent study and fondness for reading