read: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 5 letter points · starts with R · ends with D
Meaning of read
verb
- intransitive, transitive
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Example: Have you read this book?
- ergative, intransitive, transitive
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. To be understood or physically read in a specific way.
Example: Arabic reads right to left.
- intransitive, metonymically, transitive
To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written. To read a work or works written by the named author.
Example: At the moment I'm reading Milton.
- intransitive, transitive
To speak aloud words or other information that is written. (often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object)
Example: He read us a passage from his new book.
Listed forms: reads, reading, readen, glossary, redd, readest, readst.
Source: Wiktionary — read.
noun
A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
Example: I had a read of the evening papers.
- in-compounds
Something to be read; a written work.
Example: His thrillers are always a gripping read.
A person's interpretation or impression of something.
Example: What's your read of the current political situation?
An instance of reading (“calling attention to someone's flaws; a taunt or insult”).
Listed forms: reads.
Source: Wiktionary — read.
verb
- form-of, participle, past
simple past and past participle of read
Base or related entry: read.
Source: Wiktionary — read.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for read.
verb
have or contain a certain wording or form
verb
obtain data from magnetic tapes or other digital sources
verb
interpret something in a certain way; convey a particular meaning or impression
verb
be a student of a certain subject
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is read in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of read
R(1) + E(1) + A(1) + D(2) = 5 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of read
2 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
Shorter words from read
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in read. Showing up to 24, longest first.