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reading

/ˈrɛdɪŋ/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈrɛdɪŋ/
reading
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Short i vowel
Ending
Final ng sound

rea - ding -> reading

Myanmar meaning

(n) စာဖတ်ခြင်း။ စာပေဗဟုသုတ။ အဓိပ္ပါယ်ပြန်ဆိုချက်။ (v[ing]) စာဖတ်နေ

Full entry

reading /'ri:dŋ/ n

၁။ [U] (က) စာဖတ်ခြင်းအမှု။ be fond of reading ❍ reading matter (ie books, newspapers, etc) ❍ a reading-lamp/-light (ie one placed to help sb reading) ❍ have a good reading knowledge of French (ie understand written French well).
(ခ) စာအုပ်၊ စာပေ။ heavy/light reading (eg for study/entertainment) ❍ Her articles make interesting reading.
၂။ [C] (တိုင်းတာရေး ကိရိယာ၌) ပြသောပမာဏ။ take a thermometer reading.
၃။ [C] ခံယူချက်။ သဘောထား။ a feminist/Marxist reading of a text ❍ What is your reading of the situation?
၄။ [C] (က) နားဆင်သူပရိသတ်ကို ကဗျာ၊ စာပေရွတ်ပြပွဲ။ a poetry-/play-reading ❍ readings from Dickens.
(ခ) တရားဝင်ကြေညာချက်။ the reading of a will/of marriage banns.
(ဂ) သမ္မာကျမ်းမှ ကောက်နုတ်ဖတ်ရွတ်ပြခြင်း။ a reading from St John's gospel.
၅။ [C] ဥပဒေကြမ်းတစ်ရပ်ကို ပါလီမန်က အတည်ပြုရာတွင် ဖြတ်သန်းရသော အဆင့်(၃)ဆင့် အနက် တစ်ဆင့်။
❏ reading age n အသက်အရွယ်အလိုက် ကလေးတစ်ယောက် ပျမ်းမျှစာဖတ်နိုင်မှု အတိုင်းအတာနှင့် နှိုင်းယှဉ်ချက်အရ လူ တစ်ယောက်၏ ဖတ်နိုင်စွမ်းကို တိုင်းတာမှု။ adults with a reading age of eight.
❏ reading-room n စာဖတ်ခန်း။

More examples
  • My little boy is having difficulty with his reading.
  • A test for assessing children’s reading skills
  • I haven’t done much reading lately.
  • [background reading] : Included in the book are suggestions for background reading.
  • This report is my bedtime reading at the moment.
  • [reading material/matter] : The prisoners have limited reading material.
  • We attended the reading of my uncle’s will.
  • [give a reading] : She is giving a poetry reading tonight.
  • This morning’s reading is from the Old Testament.
  • The magnetism in the rock could produce distorted compass readings.
  • A modern reading of Freud’s work
Synonyms
interpretation, understanding, analysis, appraisal, evaluation, impression, sense, comprehension, conception, account, book-learning, commentary, construction, construing, delivery, edification, education, erudition, examination, grasp, imagination, inspection, knowledge, learning, lesson, paraphrase, performance, perusal, presentation, recital, recitation, rendering, rendition, review, scholarship, scrutiny, study, translation, treatment, version
Antonyms
destruction, ignorance, incomprehension, misunderstanding, writing
Cross references
interpretationunderstandinganalysisappraisalevaluationimpressionsensecomprehensionconceptionaccountbook-learningcommentaryconstructionconstruingdeliveryedificationeducationeruditionexaminationgraspimaginationinspectionknowledgelearninglessonparaphraseperformanceperusal
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