reading

reading
read·ing [ʼri:dɪŋ] n
1) no pl (activity) Lesen nt; of a legal document Verlesen nt;
\reading and writing Lesen nt und Schreiben nt
2) no pl (material to be read) Lesestoff m;
to catch up on one's \reading den Stoff nachholen
3) no pl (with indication of quality)
to make [good/bad] \reading eine [gute/schlechte] Lektüre sein;
bedtime \reading Bettlektüre f;
compulsory [or required] \reading Pflichtlektüre f;
light/heavy \reading leichte/[sehr] schwierige Lektüre
4) (form: literacy) Belesenheit f;
to be of wide \reading sehr belesen sein
5) (recital) Lesung f;
poetry \reading Dichterlesung f
6) rel Lesung f;
\readings from the Bible Lesungen fpl aus der Bibel
7) (interpretation) of a literary work, a passage, a sentence Deutung f, Interpretation f; of a situation, the facts Einschätzung f
8) (amount shown) Anzeige f;
meter \reading Zählerstand m;
to take a \reading of sth etw ablesen
9) pol Lesung f;
to give a bill its first/second/third \reading über ein Gesetz in erster/zweiter/dritter Lesung beraten n
modifier (relating to reading) Lese-;
\reading material Lesestoff m, Lektüre f;
\reading speed Lesegeschwindigkeit f;
\reading skills Lesefähigkeit f kein pl, Fähigkeit f zu lesen

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