• enPR: rēd'ĭng, IPA: /ˈɹiːdɪŋ/, [ˈɹiːɾɪŋ], /ˈɹidiŋ/, [ˈɹiɾiŋ]

From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan, equivalent to .

1. Present participle and gerund of read

From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding, equivalent to .

reading

1. The process of interpreting written language.

   The student is behind in his reading by several chapters.

2. The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
3. A value indicated by a measuring device.

   He glanced across and took note of the speedometer reading.

   • 2019, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190311070055/https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/south-korea-proposes-rain-project-with-china-to-cut-pollution/4819207.html VOA Learning English] (public domain)

     He noted that fine dust readings have been higher in Seoul than in Beijing recently.

4. An event at which written material is read aloud.

   I attended a poetry reading.

5. An interpretation.

   That's my reading of the current situation.

6. (linguistics) A pronunciation associated with a particular character or word; particularly in East Asian scripts.

   Some Chinese characters have numerous readings.

7. Something to read; reading material.
   • 2014, Jürgen Moltmann, edited by Margaret Kohl, Jürgen Moltmann: Collected Readings ↗, Fortress Press.:
8. The extent of what one has read.

   He's a man of good reading.

9. (politics, law) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
10. A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.

    After the homily there will be two readings from the Bible.

11. (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
12. (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.

• French: lecture
• German: Lesen
• Italian: lettura
• Portuguese: leitura
• Russian: чте́ние
• Spanish: lectura

• Italian: interpretare, interpretazione
• Portuguese: leitura
• Russian: чте́ние

• Italian: lettura
• Russian: показа́ние

• German: Rezitation, Lesung, Gedichtlesung
• Italian: lettura, interpretazione
• Russian: чте́ние

• Russian: толкова́ние

• German: Lesung, Beratung

From Old English Rēadingas, the name of a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was at Reading.

• IPA: /ˈɹɛdɪŋ/

1. Surname.
2. A large town in Berkshire, England.

   An unitary authority (Reading Borough Council) in Berkshire.

3. A number of places in USA:
   1. A city in Kansas.
   2. A town in Massachusetts.
   3. A city in Michigan.
   4. An ucomm in Nobles County, Minnesota.
   5. A town in New York.
   6. A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
   7. An ucomm in Columbiana County, Ohio.
   8. A city/county seat in Berks County, Pennsylvania.
   9. A town in Vermont.
   10. A number of townships, listed under Reading Township.
4. A small town in Saint James, Jamaica.

• French: Reading
• German: Reading