reading

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message
noun a particular interpretation or performance
noun a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.

I was sitting reading in the chair. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
He said: 'Twenty-five marks,' and went on reading. — Three men on the bummel, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka) Jerome
“See the young Sahib reading from a paper. — Kim, Rudyard Kipling

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