READ

Read

Read is a surname of English origins. The name is most likely to derive from rēad, the Anglo-Saxon term for the colour red. As a name it is believed to have originally been descriptive of person's complexion or hair being ruddy or red. Old English had spelling variants depending on dialect, rēad was the form in West Saxon, rēid was the spelling characteristic of Northumbrian English. This variation is probably fossilised in the modern name variants, Read and Reid. There is a settlement in Lancashire called Read, the name deriving from an Old English term meaning roe1-headland, this may also account for some Read surnames.

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read

Noun

  1. A reading or an act of reading, especially an actor's part of a play.

Verb

  1. To think, believe; to consider (that).
  2. To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
  3. To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
  4. To interpret or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc.
  5. To consist of certain text.
    The passage reads differently in the earlier manuscripts.
  6. Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
    That sentence reads strangely.
  7. To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); .
  8. To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
  9. To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
  10. To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
    to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard
  11. To advise; to counsel. See rede.
  12. To tell; to declare; to recite.
  13. To recognise (someone) as being transgender.


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