read

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈriːd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/rid/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(rēd; v.past, adj. red)

Inflections of 'read' (v): (⇒ conjugate)
reads
v 3rd person singular
reading
v pres p
read
v past
read
v past p
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read vtr (text)lezen overg.ww
 I read the newspaper every day.
read vtr (measure: indicate)aangeven overg.ww
 The thermometer reads 22 degrees.
read vi (read written matter)lezen overg.ww
 She reads every night before going to sleep.
read vtr (interpret)interpreteren, lezen, doorzien overg.ww
 I read the article as critical of the government. What do you think?
read vi (be able to read)lezen overg.ww
 My grandmother can't read.
read vi (speak text aloud)voorlezen overg.ww
 The teacher read and the children listened.
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Aanvullende vertalingen
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read n colloquial (experience of reading)leesvoer nw het
  leesstof nw de
 This mystery story is a good read - full of excitement.
read vi (have a given wording) (figuurlijk)vloeien, lopen, klinken onoverg.ww
 Listen closely to the wording, and note how it reads.
read vi (learn of by reading)studeren, lezen onoverg.ww
 As far as philosophy is concerned, I prefer to read rather than attend classes.
read vtr (speak text aloud)oplezen, voorlezen overg.ww
 She read the joke to us.
read vtr (be able to understand)lezen overg.ww
 He can read Russian.
read vtr (understand by observing)aflezen, interpreteren overg.ww
  iets opmaken uit ww+vz
 She read the skies for signs of a storm.
read vtr (infer)afleiden overg.ww
 I'm not sure I read the same meaning from his comments that you do.
read vtr (to study)bestuderen overg.ww
 My son is reading Classics at Cambridge University.
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WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026:

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Voornaamste vertalingen
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lezen overg./onoverg. ww (boek, geschrift)read vi
lezen overg. ww (interpreteren)read, interpret vtr
 Om te slagen in de proef, moet je goed de kaart kunnen lezen.
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Samengestelde woorden:
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tussen de regels door lezen onoverg. uitdr. figuurlijk (de diepere betekenis vatten) (figurative)read between the lines v expr
voorlezen overg.ww (hardop lezen)read aloud, read out loud v expr
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WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2026:

Samengestelde woorden:
EngelsNederlands
read between the lines v expr figurative (understand [sth] implied) (figuurlijk)tussen de regels door lezen frase
 His speech sounded positive, but if you read between the lines it was actually quite pessimistic.
readout,
read-out
n
(display of output information)informatiescherm nw het
 The engineer checked all of the machine's readouts before turning it off to make repairs.
sight-read vi (read music)muziek lezen nw + overg. ww
sight-read [sth] vtr (read without sounding out letters)oplezen overg. ww
sight-read [sth] vtr (script: read unprepared)improviseren overg. ww
widely read,
widely-read
adj
(book: read by many)veel gelezen, goed gelezen bw + bn
Opmerking: hyphen used when term is before a noun
 John Grisham's books are widely read, especially here in the South.
widely read,
widely-read
adj
(person: reads a variety)belezen bn
 Madeleine is a very widely-read young lady for her age.
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Collocatie: read a [book, magazine, paragraph], a [boring, thrilling, fascinating, riveting] read, read [the first chapter, a few pages, the whole book], meer...

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