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read

From Wiktionary

read is one of the 1000 most common headwords.

rather - read - ready

Pronunciation

noun and present tense

(UK) enPR: rēd, IPA ^(key): /riːd/, SAMPA: /ri:d/
(US) enPR: rēd, IPA ^(key): /rid/, SAMPA: /rid/
Audio (US) (file)
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Homophone: reed

past tense and past participle

enPR: rĕd, IPA ^(key): /rɛd/
SAMPA: /rEd/
Audio (US) (file)
Homophone: red

Verb

Plain form
read

Third-person singular
reads

Past tense
read

Past participle
read

Present participle
reading

This man is reading a newspaper

Someone is reading when they are looking at a book or other writing and understanding what it says.
Have you read this book?

Noun

Singular
read

Plural
reads

(countable) A read is something that you read.
That last book was a great read.
(countable) A read is an act of reading something.
This is a great book. You should give it a read.

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