| reading |  | |
| 1. v. present participle of read | |
| 2. n. The process of interpreting written language. | |
| 3. n. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device. | |
| 4. n. A value indicated by a measuring device. | |
| a speedometer reading. | |
| 5. n. A meeting where written material is read aloud. | |
| a poetry reading. | |
| 6. n. An interpretation. | |
| a reading of the current situation. | |
| 7. n. Something to read; reading material. | |
| 8. n. The extent of what one has read. | |
| He's a man of good reading. | |
| 9. n. (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law. | |
| 10. n. a piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible | |
