reading

1. The process of interpreting written language.broadlycountableuncountable

2. (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.Examples: "Some Chinese characters have numerous readings."; "Recent reports from Taiwan (Formosa), although fragmentary, begin to give a picture of economic conditions following the conclusion of the war. Now officially referred to as Taiwan Province, the island's former Japanese administration is being replaced by Chinese officials with little change, at least as yet, in the administrative pattern. Although there is no indication that ideographs will be changed, Chinese readings rather than Japanese will be followed for place names. Taihoku, for example, will be read in our alphabet as Taipei. This city presumably will continue to be the capital of Taiwan."countableuncountable

3. (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.countableuncountable

4. (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.uncountable

5. (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.uncountable