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I n.

1 (act, period of reading) lettura f.

2 (book, etc.) lettura f., scritto m.: his latest thriller is an excellent read il suo ultimo giallo è un'eccellente lettura.

II v.tr.(past, p.p. read)

1 leggere: to read a newspaper leggere un giornale.

2 (of signs, symbols, etc.) leggere, interpretare, decifrare: to read a diagram leggere un diagramma.

3 (to know by reading) leggere, apprendere leggendo, venire a sapere leggendo: I read that taxes are to go up leggo che le tasse aumenteranno.

4 (fig) (to interpret) interpretare, intendere, prendere: how do you read this passage? come interpreti questo brano?

5 (fig) (of a person) giudicare, valutare, capire: I think you may have read him wrong penso che tu l'abbia giudicato male.

6 (of an instrument) leggere: to read a thermometer leggere un termometro.

7 (to indicate) segnare, indicare, registrare: the petrol gauge reads zero l'indicatore del carburante segna zero.

8 (Univ) studiare: to read law studiare giurisprudenza.

9 (to see registered, revealed) leggere, scorgere, indovinare, intuire.

10 (Tip) (of proofs) correggere, rivedere; (of a copy) revisionare.

11 (Aer) individuare (un aereo) sullo schermo radar.

12 (Rad) (of a message) ricevere: do you read me? mi sentite?

13 (Teat) interpretare, recitare: he reads the part well interpreta bene la parte.

14 (Parl) (to submit by reading) dare lettura di.

15 (Inform) (of data, files) leggere.

III v.intr.(past, p.p. read)

1 leggere, dedicarsi alla lettura: to read about (o of) sth. leggere di qcs., apprendere qcs. leggendo.

2 (to produce an impression when read) fare effetto, suscitare un'impressione (alla lettura).

read back

to read sth.* back rileggere, ricontrollare.

read in

(Inform) to read sth.* in memorizzare.

read into

to read sth. into sth. vedere qcs. in qcs., attribuire qcs. a qcs.

read off

to read sth.* off: 1 leggere qcs. ad alta voce; 2 (of data from a measuring device) rilevare.

read on

to read on continuare a leggere, andare avanti a leggere.

read out

to read sth.* out: 1 (to read out loud) leggere ad alta voce; 2 (Inform) estrarre (dati);

(Am) to read so. out (of sth.) (to expel) espellere (da).

read over

to read sth.* over: 1 rileggere qcs.; 2 (to read thoroughly) leggere bene, leggere per intero.

read through

to read sth.* through leggere qcs. da cima a fondo.

read up

to read up (on sth./so.) documentarsi (su qcs./qcu.); to read up on a subject studiare a fondo un argomento;

to read sth.* up documentarsi su, studiare a fondo.

read, lettura, leggere

• 1. The mother reads a book to her daughter. -  2. The mother is reading a book to her daughter. - 3. The mother read a book to her daughter. -  4. The mother read to her daughter. - 5. The mother reads to her daughter. - 6. The woman is reading a magazine. - 7. The boy is reading a book in the park. - 8. Turn off the television, and read a book. - 9. The mother is reading to her daughter. - 10. read a book to one's daughter. - 11. read to one's daughter. - 12. read a magazine. - 13. read the newspaper. (ec101)