Meaning of 'reading'

noun

the act of measuring with meters or similar instruments

Example: "They have a job meter reading for the gas company."

Synonyms: meter reading

noun

the cognitive process of understanding a written linguistic message

Example: "My main reading was detective stories."

noun

a datum about some physical state that is presented to a user by a meter or similar instrument

Example: "We could not believe the meter reading."

Synonyms: meter reading indication

noun

a mental representation of the meaning or significance of something

Synonyms: interpretation

noun

written material intended to be read

Example: "the teacher assigned new readings"

Synonyms: reading material

noun

a particular interpretation or performance

Example: "on that reading it was an insult"

noun

a public instance of reciting or repeating from memory something prepared in advance

Example: "The reading at my cousin's funeral was from a poem."

Synonyms: recitation