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readable

/ˈriːdəb(ə)l/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈriːdəb(ə)l/
readable
Syllables
3 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final e often stays silent

rea - dab - le -> readable

Myanmar meaning

(adj) စာဖတ်ရန်သင့်တော်သော။

Full entry

read /ri:d/ v (pt, pp read /red/)

၁။ (used in the simple tenses or with can/be able ) စာဖတ်သည်။ teach children (how) to read and write. ❍ learn (how) to read ❍ read shorthand/Chinese (characters)/Braille/music ❍ I can't read your writing. ❍ I can't read that road sign without my glasses.
၂။ ~ sth (to sb/oneself) စာဖတ်သည်။ ဖတ်ပြသည်။ ဖတ်ရှုသည်။ I never have enough time to read/for reading. ❍ read a book/a magazine/the newspaper ❍ a novel that is not read much these days (ie few people read it) ❍ The children were told to read quietly to themselves for half an hour. ❍ She read (to us) from her book. ❍ He read the poem aloud. ❍ He read the article through twice. ❍ Read this over for mistakes. ❍ Read what the instructions say. ❍ She read a story to us/read us a story. See also PROOFREAD
၃။ ဖတ်သည်။ ကြည့် သည်။ read the news/the share prices ❍ I read about her death in today's paper. ❍ I read that he had resigned.
၄။ ~ (for) sth (Brit ) တက္ကသိုလ်တွင် ဘာသာရပ်တစ်ခုခုကို သင် သည်။ read English/law at Oxford ❍ read for a physics degree ❍ read for the Bar (ie study law to become a BARRISTER).
၅။ မှန်းဆကြည့်သည်။ (လှုပ်ရှားမှု၊ မူဟန် အနေအထား၊ သွင်ပြင်လက္ခဏာမှ) အဓိပ္ပာယ်ကောက်သည်၊ အတိတ် နိမိတ်ဖတ်သည်၊ ကောက်ချက်ဖော်ထုတ်သည်။ read sb's mind/thoughts ❍ read sb's lips (ie look at the movements of sb's lips to learn what they are saying) ❍ read (sb's fortune in) the cards ❍ Doctors must be able to read symptoms correctly. ❍ How do you read the present situation? ❍ Silence must not always be read as consent. See also LIP-READ
၆။ ရေးသားသည်။ ဖော်ပြသည်။ The sign reads ‘Keep Left’. ❍ I've changed the last paragraph. It now reads as follows…
၇။ (က) (အတိုင်း အတာပမာဏ တစ်ရပ်ကို) ပြသည်။ What does the thermometer read?
(ခ) (မီတာစသော တိုင်းတာမှုကိရိယာကို) ဖတ်သည်။ ကြည့်သည်။ read the gas/electricity meter ❍ I can't read what the thermometer says.
၈။ ဖတ်ရာ၌ …ခံစားမှုရရှိသည်။ The story reads well/badly. ❍ The poem reads like (ie sounds as if it is) a translation.
၉။ ရေဒီယိုလွှင့်ချက် ဖမ်းယူရရှိသည်။ ‘Are you reading me?’ ‘I'm reading you loud and clear. ’
၁၀။ ~ A for B; ~ B as A အစားထိုး ပြင်ဆင်ယူပါ။ For ‘neat’ in line 3 read ‘nest’.
n [sing] (infml esp Brit )
၁။ ဖတ်ခြင်း။ have a long/quiet/little read ❍ Can I have a read of your magazine?
၂။ (with an adj ) ဖတ်စရာ (ကောင်းသော)စာအုပ်။ The novel is/makes an excellent read.
/red/ adj (preceded by an adv ) … လေ့လာမှုရှိသော။ a well-read person ❍ be widely read in the classics.
❏ readable /'ri:dǝbl/ adj
၁။ ဖတ်ပျော်သော။ a highly readable style/essay/article.
၂။ ဖတ်၍ရသော။ Compare LEGIBLE readability /ri:dǝ'blǝti/ n [U]
❏ read sth back [PHRV ] ပြန်ဖတ်ပြသည်။ I'll dictate the letter and then you can read it back to me.
❏ read between the lines [IDM ] အတိအလင်း ဖော်ပြမထား သော ဆိုလိုချက်ကို သုံးသပ်ဖော်ထုတ်မိသည်။ I read between the lines of her letter that she had driven him out, and I rejoiced.
❏ read sth into sth [PHRV ] အပိုဆောင်းပြီး ကောက်ချက်ချ သည်။ You have read too much into what she said. I'm sure she didn't mean it!
❏ read sb like a book [IDM ] (infml ) (တစ်ယောက် ယောက်နှင့်ပတ်သက်၍) အူမချေးခါးကအစ သိသည်။ I can read you like a book: you're not sorry at all.
❏ read on [PHRV ] ဆက်ဖတ်သည်။ That's the story so far. Now read on.
❏ read-only memory n (abbr ROM) (computing ) ပြုပြင်ထုတ်ပယ်မရအောင် စီမံထည့်သွင်းထားသော မှတ်ဉာဏ် အပိုင်း။ ထာဝရမှတ်ဉာဏ်။ The most important programs are in the read-only memory. Compare RANDOM-ACCESS
❏ read-out n (computing ) ဖန်သားပေါ် (သို့) ပုံနှိပ်စာအဖြစ် ကွန်ပျူတာက ပြသထုတ်ပေးသော အချက်အလက်။
❏ read sth out [PHRV ] ဖတ်ပြသည်။ She read out the letter to the whole family.
❑ read (sb) the Riot Act [IDM ] (Brit ) ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် ဆုံးမတားမြစ်သည်။ When he arrived late again, the teacher read him the Riot Act.
❏ read sb/sth up; read up on sb/sth [PHRV ] အလေးအနက် ဖတ်ရှုလေ့လာသည်။ I've got to read Nelson up/read up on Nelson for the history exam.
❏ take it/sth as read [IDM ] တိုတိုနှင့်လိုရင်းဆိုကြစို့။ We can take it as read that you want the job.

More examples
  • I read a few chapters of a book every night.
  • He was sitting reading in the waiting room.
  • [read and write] : By the age of five, he was able to read and write.
  • [read something from cover to cover] : I always read the paper from cover to cover.
  • [read (something) to someone] : Reading to young children helps develop their language skills.
  • [read someone something] : Read me that last sentence again.
  • [read (something) aloud/out loud] : I’m going to read this poem aloud.
  • [read from something] : She will be reading from her latest novel.
  • [read about] : He likes reading about wildlife.
  • [read something in something] : We read it in the local paper.
  • [for something, read something] : On page 61, for ‘three thousand’, read ‘three million’.
  • [read something as something] : The figure £600 should be read as $600.
  • Has the man been to read the gas meter?
  • They had read the situation extremely accurately.
  • [read something as something] : We had read their decision as an admission of failure.
  • The label read, ‘Suitable only for children over three’.
  • The thermometer has been reading over 90 degrees all day.
  • It was difficult to read his expression.
  • In general, the script reads beautifully.
  • This is Charlie Alpha Five. Do you read me?
Synonyms
understand writing, interpret, convert, understand, study, examine, comprehend, translate, glance at, affirm, announce, apprehend, assert, browse, bury oneself in, construe, decipher, declaim, deliver, dip into, discover, display, do, do a degree in, explain, expound, express, figure out, flick through, flip through, follow, gather, glance, go over, go through, hold, indicate, inspect, inspection, know, leaf through, learn, look at, look over, look through, look-over, lookover, make out, make sense of, mark, once over, orate, paraphrase, perceive, perlustration, peruse, pore over, pronounce, read out, recite, record, reel off, refer to, register, render, research, restate, say, scan, scratch the surface, see, show, skim, speak, state, take, unravel, utter, view
Antonyms
abandon, ad lib, at first glance, be quiet, by ear, conceal, deny, extemporary, forget, hide, ignore, improv, improvisatory, improviso, lose, misinterpret, miss, misunderstand, neglect, off the top of head, off top of head, on impulse, on the spot, on-the-spot, overlook, snapper, spur of the moment, taking for ride, thought out loud, tossed off, tossed out, withhold, write
Cross references
understand writinginterpretconvertunderstandstudyexaminecomprehendtranslateglance ataffirmannounceapprehendassertbrowsebury oneself inconstruedecipherdeclaimdeliverdip intodiscoverdisplaydodo a degree inexplainexpoundexpressfigure out
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