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(v)
To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an ability to do something.
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(transitive) To pronounce.
Senses relating to the change of information, etc., from one form to another.
(transitive) To examine sequentially, carefully, or critically; to scrutinize; to behold closely.
(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
(n)
A formal recording of names, events, transactions, etc.
An item of information put into a temporary or permanent physical medium.
(transitive) To get into one's hands, possession, or control, with or without force.
The act or process of perusing, or an instance of it.
(transitive, ditransitive) To convey by speech; to say.
(transitive) To read completely.
(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience.
(transitive) To direct the attention of (someone toward something)
The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized.
(transitive) To notice with care; to observe; to remark; to heed.
(transitive) To give public notice of, especially for the first time; to make known.
(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
(transitive) To repeat (the exact words of a person).
(adj)
Created according to a design.
(transitive) To understand (something) as meaning, to take to mean.
(of handwriting, print, etc) Legible, possible to read or at least decipher.
Clear enough to be read; readable, particularly of handwriting.
To scan, to casually look through in order to find items of interest, especially without knowledge of what to look for beforehand.
The property of being easy or engaging to read.
Having been written.
(transitive, computing) To keep track of (a file, document, etc.) in a versioning system.
Having much learning, knowledgeable, erudite; highly educated.
The collected readers of a publication.
A person who reads.
(obsolete) To confess as true; to acknowledge.
(ambitransitive) To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate.
The ability to read and write.
To observe or inspect carefully or critically.
To examine critically or carefully; especially, to search out problems or determine condition; to scrutinize.
An account intended as a critical evaluation of a text or a piece of work.
A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered to a group.
(intransitive) To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take counsel; to deliberate together; to confer; to advise.
(transitive and intransitive) To check a written text for errors in spelling, grammar, syntax, and punctuation.
Having been comprehended.
To intend.
The act of seeing or looking at something.
That has been perceived aurally.
To try to see, to pay attention to with one’s eyes.
The replaying of something previously recorded, especially sound or moving images.
Having been viewed; having been seen, watched or witnessed.
(in combination) That has been, or will be, delivered in a specific manner.
(transitive) To perceive the truth or factuality of; to be certain of; to be certain that.
(transitive) To perceive or detect someone or something with the eyes, or as if by sight.
(in combination) Having the specified look or appearance.
Expressed in a statement; uttered or written.
(intransitive, stative) To perceive sounds through the ear.
(transitive, followed by with) To furnish or give experimental knowledge of; to make (one) know; to make familiar.
(now colloquial) Used in phrases with existential there when the semantic subject is (usually third-person) plural.
(transitive) To find or learn something for the first time.
Having been carefully thought out; maturely reflected upon.
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
Well known because of one's reputation; famous, celebrated.
(transitive) To be given, sent, or paid something.
(copulative, rather formal, followed by an adjective or a noun) begin to be; turn into (often with permanent states).
(transitive, intransitive) To go and meet (a person) as an act of friendliness or sociability.
(transitive) To make better; improve.
To read again.
(often followed by with) Personally known; familiar.
(mostly in combination) obtained, acquired
Mentioned earlier; aforesaid.
(transitive) To supply or substitute an equivalent with.
(transitive or ditransitive) To obtain; to acquire.
(transitive) To do as ordered by (a person, institution etc), to act according to the bidding of.
(transitive) To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
Converted to a digital format using a scanner.
(chiefly in combination) assigned a route
Practiced; self-conscious; careful; not spontaneous.
(transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.
A display, particularly one that presents numerical data.
(transitive) To convert a code or cipher to plain text.
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
(transitive) To convert (an encrypted or coded message) back into plain text.
Alternative form of pickup. [An electronic device for detecting sound, vibration, etc., such as one fitted to an electric guitar or record player.]
(transitive) To proceed with (doing an activity); to prolong (an activity).
(intransitive) To look slyly, or with the eyes half closed, or through a crevice; to peep.
Misspelling of pick up. [(transitive) To lift; to grasp and raise.]
(poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
(transitive) To give contentment or satisfaction to; to satisfy; to make happy.
(ambitransitive) To make happy or satisfy; to give pleasure to.
(religion) To direct words, thoughts, or one's attention to a deity or any higher being, for the sake of adoration, thanks, petition for help, etc.
(intransitive) To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
A portable or wearable timepiece.
A surname.
To bring or transport something to its destination.
(adv)
In or to a lower place.
(transitive) To measure or record the time, duration, or rate of something.
Audibly, as opposed to silently/quietly.