readings

9 definitions • 11 examples

the skill or activity of getting information from books:

Reading and tennis are my favourite pastimes.

The diaries make good (bedtime) reading (= are good to read (in bed at night)).

These books are compulsory/required reading for students of architecture.

an occasion when something written, especially a work of literature, is spoken to an audience:

The society often arranges poetry readings and musical evenings.

the way in which you understand something:

My reading of the situation is that John wanted any excuse to resign.

In a parliament, a reading of a new law is one of the stages of discussion before it is approved:

The Housing Bill was given its second reading in Parliament today.

the number or amount that a piece of measuring equipment shows:

a thermometer reading

the skill or activity of getting information from written words:

[ U ] Reading is my favorite pastime.

Reading is also text to be read:

[ U ] These books are required reading for architecture students.

A reading is an occasion when a literary work or formal text is read aloud to a group of people:

[ C ] a poetry reading

the way in which you understand something:

My reading of the situation is that John wanted an excuse to resign.