Definition of reading

• p. pr. & vb. n. - of Read
• n. - The act of one who reads; perusal; also, printed or written matter to be read.
• n. - Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
• n. - A lecture or prelection; public recital.
• n. - The way in which anything reads; force of a word or passage presented by a documentary authority; lection; version.
• n. - Manner of reciting, or acting a part, on the stage; way of rendering.
• n. - An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.
• a. - Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
• a. - Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.