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reader
[ ree-der ]
noun
- a person who reads.
- a schoolbook for instruction and practice in reading.
a second-grade reader.
- a book of collected or assorted writings, especially when related in theme, authorship, or instructive purpose; anthology:
a Hemingway reader; a sci-fi reader.
- a person employed to read and evaluate manuscripts offered for publication.
- a proofreader.
- a person who reads or recites before an audience; elocutionist.
- a person authorized to read the lessons, Bible, etc., in a church service.
- a lecturer or instructor, especially in some British universities:
to be appointed reader in English history.
- an assistant to a professor, who grades examinations, papers, etc.
- Computers. a device that reads data, programs, or control information from an external storage medium for transmission to main storage. Compare optical character reader.
- a machine or device that projects or enlarges a microform image on a screen or other surface for reading.
- a playing card marked on its back so that the suit or denomination of the card can be identified.
- Library Science. the user of a library; library patron.
reader
/ ˈːə /
noun
- a person who reads
- a person who is fond of reading
- at a university, a member of staff having a position between that of a senior lecturer and a professor
- a teaching assistant in a faculty who grades papers, examinations, etc, on behalf of a professor
- a book that is part of a planned series for those learning to read
- a standard textbook, esp for foreign-language learning
- a person who reads aloud in public
- a person who reads and assesses the merit of manuscripts submitted to a publisher
- a person employed to read proofs and indicate errors by comparison with the original copy; proofreader
- short for lay reader
- Judaism another word for cantor
Other Word Forms
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Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Can you describe All Up In My Grill a bit for any readers who aren't familiar with it?
It’s not just that the New York Times readers are more liberal than the overall population — that’s definitely true.
Against this tragic setting, the elegance of Todd’s prose plants wonder in the reader’s mind.
If Brinkley’s new memoir, “Uptown Girl,” has one lesson to impart to its readers, it’s that no one, not even the beauty icon, rides through life for free.
She praised Wark's legacy, adding it is "unmatched in the world of news and current affairs broadcasting", along with her "ability to inform and engage her readers, listeners and viewers".
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