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Taking in the meaning of letters or symbols
Reading is the process of taking in the sense or meaning of symbols, often specifically those of a written language, by means of sight or touch. For educators
Reading
Town and borough in Berkshire, England
Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a borough in Berkshire, England, and the county town of Berkshire. It is Berkshire's largest town, with a total population
Reading,_Berkshire
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up mind-reading in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mind reading may refer to: Telepathy, the transfer of information between individuals by means
Mind_reading
Performing music at first sight
In music, sight-reading, also called a prima vista (Italian meaning, "at first sight"), is the practice of reading and performing of a piece in a music
Sight-reading
Association football club in England
Reading Football Club (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a professional football club based in Reading, Berkshire, England. They compete in EFL League One, the third
Reading_F.C.
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up reading or Reading in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reading is the process of decoding symbols to derive meaning. Reading also commonly refers
Reading_(disambiguation)
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Japanese reading system "Sur la lecture", essay by Marcel Proust This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title On reading. If an internal
On_reading
City in Pennsylvania, US
Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population
Reading,_Pennsylvania
Technique of understanding a limited range of speech when sound is unavailable
Lip reading, also known as speechreading, is a technique of understanding a limited range of speech by visually interpreting the movements of the lips
Lip_reading
American transport company
acquisition by Conrail in 1976. Commonly called the Reading Railroad and logotyped as Reading Lines, the Reading Company was a railroad holding company for most
Reading_Company
Ability to read and understand text
Reading comprehension is the ability to process written text, understand its meaning, and to integrate with what the reader already knows. Reading comprehension
Reading_comprehension
Techniques claiming to improve the ability to read quickly
Speed reading is any of many techniques claiming to improve one's ability to read quickly. Speed-reading methods include chunking and minimizing subvocalization
Speed_reading
Topics referred to by the same term
up reading room in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reading room may refer to reference library or: Newport Reading Room, also known as The Reading Room
Reading_room
Unincorporated community in Missouri, United States
Reading is an extinct town in Pike County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place. A post office called Reading was
Reading,_Missouri
Topics referred to by the same term
Reading Township may refer to: Reading Township, Livingston County, Illinois Reading Township, Calhoun County, Iowa Reading Township, Sioux County, Iowa
Reading_Township
Scientific field of study
.3G. doi:10.1063/1.1361756. S2CID 119476972. Guicciardini, N. (1999). Reading the Principia: The Debate on Newton's Methods for Natural Philosophy from
Physics
Set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums
Cold reading is a set of techniques used by mentalists, psychics, fortune-tellers, and mediums. Without prior knowledge, a practiced cold-reader can quickly
Cold_reading
English poet and author (1946–2011)
Peter Reading (27 July 1946 – 17 November 2011) was an English poet and the author of 26 collections of poetry. He is known for his deep interest in nature
Peter_Reading
Topics referred to by the same term
Battle, Reading may be a reference to: Battle Hospital, Reading, a former hospital in the town of Reading, Berkshire, UK Battle Ward, Reading, an electoral
Battle,_Reading
Shared Reading Bundles K-2 Reading A-Z - Shared Reading Books Reading Rockets - Shared Reading Classroom Strategies Compulsory reading Guided reading Independent
Shared_reading
Technique used when giving a psychic reading in stage magic performances
Hot reading is a technique used when giving a psychic reading in stage magic performances, or in other contexts. In hot reading, the reader uses information
Hot_reading
A reading series is a recurring public literary event featuring writers reading from their work to a live audience. Some reading series are curated, some
Reading_series
by Reading First use "scientifically based" reading instruction. Program funding is allocated to Title I Schools for "Scientifically Based Reading Research"
Reading_First
The Reading Kangaroos is an Australian rules football club which plays in the English town of Reading. Formed by Australians living in the area, the club
Reading_Kangaroos
Painting by David Wilkie
Reading the Will is an 1820 genre painting by the British artist David Wilkie. It is inspired by a scene from the 1815 novel Guy Mannering the Waverley
Reading_the_Will
University in Berkshire, England
University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension
University_of_Reading
Software-assisted learning technique
Incremental reading is a software-assisted method for learning and retaining information from reading, which involves the creation of flashcards out of
Incremental_reading
American children's television series
Reading Rainbow is an American educational children's television series designed to encourage a love of books and reading. The original series aired on
Reading_Rainbow
2023 film by Courtney Glaude
The Reading is a 2023 American supernatural horror-thriller film written and directed by Courtney Glaude in his feature directorial debut. The film stars
The_Reading_(film)
Obsolete process to prepare to enter the law profession
Reading law was the primary method used in common law countries, particularly the United States, for people to prepare for and enter the legal profession
Reading_law
Surname list
Readinger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alexis Readinger (born 1975), American hospitality designer David Readinger (born 1935)
Readinger
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up reading list in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Reading list may refer to: Reading list, a list of publications to be read (completely or partially)
Reading_list
Hospital in Pennsylvania, United States
Reading Hospital is a 697-bed non-profit teaching hospital located in West Reading, Pennsylvania. The hospital was established in 1867 and is the anchor
Reading_Hospital
Stage of consideration of a bill in a legislature
A reading of a bill is a stage of debate on the bill held by a general body of a legislature. In the Westminster system, developed in the United Kingdom
Reading_(legislature)
Topics referred to by the same term
West Reading may refer to: West Reading, Berkshire, a district of the English town of Reading West Reading, Pennsylvania, a borough in the US state of
West_Reading
Topics referred to by the same term
Reading West may refer to: Reading West (UK Parliament constituency), a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United
Reading_West
Early literacy intervention
Reading Recovery is a controversial short-term intervention approach designed for English-speaking children aged five or six, who are the lowest achieving
Reading_Recovery
Topics referred to by the same term
Greater Reading may refer to: the Reading Metropolitan Area of Reading, Pennsylvania, USA the Reading built-up area of Reading, Berkshire, UK This disambiguation
Greater_Reading
Topics referred to by the same term
John Reading may refer to: John Reading (clergyman) (1588–1667), English Calvinist and Biblical commentator. John Reading (composer, died 1692) (c. 1645
John_Reading
Use of fMRI to decode brain stimuli
Brain-reading or thought identification uses the responses of multiple voxels in the brain evoked by stimulus then detected by fMRI in order to decode
Brain-reading
Minor league baseball team
The Reading Fightin Phils (also called the Reading Fightins) are a Minor League Baseball team based in Reading, Pennsylvania, playing in the Northeast
Reading_Fightin_Phils
William Reading (1674–1744) was an English clergyman and librarian of Sion College, known for his edition of early church historians. The son of a refiner
William_Reading
Responsive reading is the alternate reading of a text between the leader of a group and the rest of the group, especially during worship or Bible study
Responsive_reading
The Reading Division is a rail line owned and operated by the Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The line
Reading_Division
Jewish tradition that involves the public reading from a Torah scroll
Torah reading (Hebrew: קריאת התורה, romanized: K'riat haTorah, lit. '"Reading [of] the Torah"'; Ashkenazic pronunciation: Kriyas haTorah) is a Jewish
Torah_reading
influence reading fluency, most autistic children have below-average reading ability. Severity of autistic traits is negatively correlated with reading abilities
Reading_and_autism
Irish politician and lighthouse builder
Sir Robert Reading, first and last Baronet Reading, (c. 1640 – c. March 1689) built several privately owned lighthouses in Ireland under letters patent
Robert_Reading
2009 live album by Nirvana
at Reading is a live CD/DVD by American rock band Nirvana, released on November 2, 2009. It features the band's headlining performance at the Reading Festival
Live_at_Reading
Pair of annual music festivals in England
The Reading and Leeds Festivals are a pair of annual music festivals that take place in Reading and Leeds in England. The events take place simultaneously
Reading_and_Leeds_Festivals
Drive for literacy
Reading motivation is the motivational drive to read, an area of interest in the field of education. Studying and implementing the conditions under which
Reading_motivation
Reading without speaking aloud
Silent reading is reading done silently, or without speaking the words being read. Before the reintroduction of separated text (spaces between words) in
Silent_reading
Service that reads printed material aloud for the blind and vision-impaired
A radio reading service or reading service for the blind is a public service of many universities, community groups and public radio stations, where a
Radio_reading_service
British municipal bus operator
Reading Transport Limited, trading as Reading Buses, is an English municipal bus operator owned by Reading Borough Council, and directly serving the town
Reading_Buses
Educational software
Renaissance Learning. It is designed to monitor and manage students' independent reading practice and comprehension in both English and Spanish. The program assesses
Accelerated_Reader
Topics referred to by the same term
of Reading may refer to: Alice Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (c.1866–1930), first wife of the 1st Marquess Stella Isaacs, Marchioness of Reading (1894–1971)
Marchioness_of_Reading
Historical place in Shasta County, United States
Fort Reading is a historical site in Anderson, California in Shasta County. Fort Reading site is a California Historical Landmark No. 379 listed on March
Fort_Reading
Preserved American 4-8-4 locomotive (RDG class T-1)
Reading 2101 is a preserved T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) in March 1923 as
Reading_2101
Study of literary data
Distant reading is an approach in literary studies that applies computational methods to literary data, usually derived from large digital libraries,
Distant_reading
2008 film directed by Joel and Ethan Coen
Burn After Reading is a 2008 black comedy espionage film written, produced, edited and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. It follows a recently jobless
Burn_After_Reading
US non-profit organization
Reading Is Fundamental, Inc. (RIF) is the oldest and largest non-profit children's literacy organization in the United States. RIF provides books (print
Reading_Is_Fundamental
Act of reading text while in a bathroom
Bathroom reading is the act of reading text while in a bathroom, usually while sitting on the toilet and defecating. The practice has been common throughout
Bathroom_reading
Ruined Cluniac abbey in Reading, Berkshire, England
Reading Abbey is a large, ruined abbey in the centre of the town of Reading, in the English county of Berkshire. It was founded by Henry I in 1121 "for
Reading_Abbey
A reading machine is a piece of assistive technology that allows blind people to access printed materials. It scans text, converts the image into text
Reading_machine
Topics referred to by the same term
Reading Transport may refer to: Reading Buses, bus operator in England that traded as Reading Transport until 1991 Reading Company, former railroad in
Reading_Transport
Former rail station in Philadelphia
The Reading Terminal (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a complex of buildings that includes the former Reading Company main railroad station located in the Market
Reading_Terminal
Title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
of Reading is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1926 for Rufus Isaacs, who had been Member of Parliament for Reading between
Marquess_of_Reading
British author and academic
Anna Reading (born 1965) is a British author, playwright and academic specialising in gender and cultural memory studies. Reading was born in the Midlands
Anna_Reading
Class II railroad in eastern Pennsylvania
The Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad (reporting mark RBMN), sometimes shortened to Reading and Northern Railroad, is a regional railroad in
Reading Blue Mountain and Northern Railroad
Reading_Blue_Mountain_and_Northern_Railroad
Approach to textual analysis
A resistant reading, a concept partly formulated by Judith Fetterley, is a reading of a text which moves beyond the dominant cultural beliefs to challenge
Resistant_reading
Reading a text on a computer or smart device screen
Screen reading is the act of reading a text on a computer screen, smartphone, e-book reader, etc. In a 1997 study conducted by Jakob Nielsen, a web usability
Screen_reading
Superficial information acquisition method
Shallow reading refers to social practices in which people acquire information or entertainment quickly from texts, images or other meaningful forms,
Shallow_reading
Borough in Pennsylvania, US
West Reading is a borough in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, located next to the city of Reading. The population was 4,553 at the 2020 census
West_Reading,_Pennsylvania
Study of reading and its acquisition
The science of reading (SoR) is the discipline that studies the objective investigation and accumulation of reliable evidence about how humans learn to
Science_of_reading
Former British prison
HM Prison Reading, popularly known as Reading Gaol, is a former prison located in Reading, Berkshire, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's
HM_Prison_Reading
Academic journal
Reading and Writing is an academic journal of the processes, acquisition, and loss of reading and writing skills. It is published by Springer Science+Business
Reading_and_Writing
Charity in the United Kingdom
The Reading Agency is a charity registered in England and Wales which promotes the benefits of reading among children and adults in UK, working with partners
The_Reading_Agency
Discerning information through heightened perceptive abilities
the more common readings include Tarot reading, email psychic reading, palm reading, psychometry, aura readings, or astrological readings. Astrology is
Psychic_reading
Form of school-based recreational reading
Sustained silent reading (SSR) or Free voluntary reading (FVR) is a form of school-based recreational reading where students read silently in a designated
Sustained_silent_reading
school year, Reading Partners delivered individualized reading tutoring to 7,231 students in 180 partner schools. In its core program, Reading Partners operates
Reading_Partners
Book on Ezra Pound by Kathryne V. Lindberg
Reading Pound Reading: Modernism After Nietzsche is a 1987 book on Ezra Pound by the literary scholar and professor Kathryne V. Lindberg. Lindberg considers
Reading_Pound_Reading
Moral interpretation of the Bible
Tropological reading or "moral sense" is a Christian tradition, theory, and practice of interpreting the figurative meaning of the Bible. It is part of
Tropological_reading
City in Lyon County, Kansas
Reading is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 181. For millennia, the land that is currently
Reading,_Kansas
City in Michigan, United States
Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing) is a city in Hillsdale County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,095 at the 2020 census. Located along M-49
Reading,_Michigan
Surname list
Reading is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Anya Reading, Australian geophysicist Arnold Reading (1896–1975), English cricketer and
Reading_(surname)
Scottish footballer
Patrick James Reading (born 29 May 1999) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a left-back for club Partick Thistle. Reading spent his youth
Patrick_Reading
Type of learning disability in which reading is impaired
A reading disability is a condition in which a person displays difficulty reading. Examples of reading disabilities include developmental dyslexia and
Reading_disability
Historic house in Pennsylvania, United States
Pont Reading is a historic, American home that is located in the Ardmore section of Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. It was the residence
Pont_Reading
Motorway service area in Berkshire, England
Reading services comprises a pair of adjacent motorway service areas on the M4 motorway to the south of the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire
Reading_services
Educational term
Independent reading is a term used in educational settings, where students are involved in choosing and reading material (fiction books, non-fiction,
Independent_reading
Reading tutoring is supplemental reading practice that occurs outside of the school reading curriculum. It usually has some type of consistent structure
Reading_tutoring
Preserved American 4-8-4 locomotive (RDG class T-1)
Reading 2100 is a T-1 class 4-8-4 "Northern" type steam locomotive, originally built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) in May 1923 as an I-10sa class
Reading_2100
UK Parliament constituency (1983–2024)
Reading East was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament. In the 2019–2024 Parliament, it was one of two Labour seats
Reading_East
Form of theatre without sets or costumes
A stage reading, also known as a staged reading, is a form of theatre without sets or full costumes. The actors, who read from scripts, may be seated
Stage_reading
Reading Nunnery was a nunnery in Berkshire, England that existed during the Anglo-Saxon period. It was established in 979. The site is now occupied by
Reading_Nunnery
Subscription based education program for children 2–13
Reading Eggs, stylised as ABC Reading Eggs in Australia, is a subscription-based digital literacy program aimed at improving reading skills in children
Reading_Eggs
Railroad in Pennsylvania
The Reading Line is a main freight line in Pennsylvania owned and operated by Norfolk Southern Railway. It stretches from the Harrisburg Line at Wyomissing
Reading_Line
Using tarot cards to perform divination
Tarot card reading is a form of cartomancy whereby practitioners use tarot cards to purportedly gain insight into the past, present or future. The process
Tarot_card_reading
Mentalist envelope trick
Billet reading, or the envelope trick, is a mentalist effect in which a performer pretends to use clairvoyance to read messages on folded papers or inside
Billet_reading
A reading path is a term used by Gunther Kress in Literacy in the New Media Age (2003). According to Kress, a professor of English Education at the University
Reading_path
Optical device
A reading stone is an approximately hemispherical lens that can be placed over text to magnify the letters, making it easier for people with presbyopia
Reading_stone
READING
READING
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading 2.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Son of the Red-haired
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.Dutch and German : variant of Redding 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading 2.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit
Reading
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Reading.German and Dutch : patronymic from any of the Germanic personal names with the first element rÄd ‘counsel’, ‘advice’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Reading 1, from the place name + the Middle English suffix -tune ‘settlement’. However, the surname is quite common in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and so perhaps a northern place named as the ‘settlement (Old English tūn) associated with Rēad(a)’ is to be sought.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Reading.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from the county seat of Berkshire, which gets its name from Old English Rēadingas ‘people of Rēad(a)’, a byname meaning ‘red’.English : topographic name for someone who lived in a clearing, an unattested Old English ryding.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Percy. As English names, these are found chiefly in Reading, Berkshire.
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : from a nickname meaning ‘good’, from Old French bon ‘good’. Compare Bone 1.English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from Bohon in La Manche, France, of obscure etymology.Dutch : from Middle Dutch bone, boene ‘bean’, hence a metonymic occupational name for a bean grower or a nickname for a man of little importance (broad beans having been an extremely common crop in the medieval period), or possibly for a tall thin man (with reference to the runner bean).The renowned American frontiersman Daniel Boone (1734–1820) was born in Reading, PA, into a Quaker family. His grandfather was a weaver who had emigrated from Exeter in England to Philadelphia in 1717.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name, from Middle English holy ‘holy’ + oke ‘oak’, for someone who lived near an oak tree with religious associations. This would have been one which formed a marker on a parish boundary and which was a site for a reading from the Scriptures in the course of the annual ceremony of beating the bounds.English : habitational name from the village of Holy Oakes in Leicestershire, recorded in Domesday Book as Haliach, and no doubt deriving its name as above, from Old English hÄlig ‘holy’ + Äc ‘oak’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Percy. As English names, these are found chiefly in Reading, Berkshire.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : variant of Sand 1.Scottish : habitational name from Sands in Tulliallan in Fife.Comfort Sands, a revolutionary patriot born in 1748 at what is now Sands’ Point, Long Island, NY, was descended from James (Sandys) Sands (1622–95), who emigrated from Reading, Berkshire, England, to Plymouth, MA, and followed Anne Hutchinson to Westchester Co., NY, and subsequently RI. In 1661 he settled on Block Island, RI.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : presumably a variant of Reddan or Reading.
Boy/Male
English
Son of Reed.
READING
READING
Female
Italian
Pet form of Italian Simona, SIMONETTA means "hearkening."
Boy/Male
Hindu
Cloud
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from a place called Billingham. There is one such place in Stockton on Tees (formerly in County Durham), which probably derives its name from Old English BillingahÄm ‘homestead (Old English hÄm) of the people of Bill(a)’. However, in the British Isles the surname is found chiefly in the Midlands (Staffordshire), and the distribution, together with evidence from other names, suggests that it may be derived from a lost place in Staffordshire or nearby.
Girl/Female
Arabic
Form of Neila
Boy/Male
English
Sage.
Boy/Male
Sikh
Slave of God
Male
Portuguese
Portuguese form of Latin Johannes, JOÃO means "God is gracious."
Girl/Female
Tamil
Maheshani | மஹேஷநீ
Great, Consort of Mahesh
Surname or Lastname
English
English : possibly from Middle English clamp ‘clamp’, ‘brace’, ‘iron band’ (a borrowing from Middle Dutch, first recorded in the early 14th century). This may have been a metonymic occupational name for a smith who specialized in making clamps.
Boy/Male
Scandinavian
Thunder.' Surname.
READING
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READING
v. t.
To pass over or by without notice; to omit; to miss; as, to skip a line in reading; to skip a lesson.
n.
The time during which one sits while doing something, as reading a book, playing a game, etc.
n.
The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.
v. t.
To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.
v. t.
To render useless by injury; to injure fatally; to ruin; to destroy; as, to spoil paper; to have the crops spoiled by insects; to spoil the eyes by reading.
n.
Study of books; literary scholarship; as, a man of extensive reading.
a.
Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.
a.
Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned.
v. i.
Fig.: To leave matters unnoticed, as in reading, speaking, or writing; to pass by, or overlook, portions of a thing; -- often followed by over.
n.
A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings.
a.
Of extensive reading; deeply versed; -- often followed by in.
n.
The act or art of reading numbers when expressed by means of numerals. The term is almost exclusively applied to the art of reading numbers written in the scale of tens, by the Arabic method.
a.
Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.
n.
A room where news is collected and disseminated, or periodicals sold; a reading room supplied with newspapers, magazines, etc.
v. i.
To learn by reading.
v.
Reading.
a.
Of, pertaining to, or contained in, the text; as, textual criticism; a textual reading.
n.
An observation read from the scale of a graduated instrument; as, the reading of a barometer.