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  • 21well-read — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. learned, erudite, scholarly, bookish, educated; well informed. See learning, knowledge. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. widely read, bookish, literate, scholarly, educated, au courant, versed. ANT …

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  • 22well-read — adjective having read many books and knowing a lot about different subjects …

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  • 23well-read — [ˌwel ˈred] adj having read many books so that you know about a lot of things …

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  • 24well-read — a. Erudite, learned, lettered, literary, book learned …

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  • 25well read in — Deeply versed in …

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  • 26read — ► VERB (past and past part. read) 1) look at and understand the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting its characters or symbols. 2) speak (written or printed words) aloud. 3) (of a passage, text, or sign) contain or consist of… …

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  • 27read — adjective having a specified level of knowledge as a result of reading: → read read verb (past and past participle read) 1》 look at and understand the meaning of (written or printed matter) by interpreting the characters or symbols of which it is …

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  • 28Read — (r[e^]d), a. Instructed or knowing by reading; versed in books; learned. [1913 Webster] A poet . . . well read in Longinus. Addison. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 29read — read1 W1S1 [ri:d] v past tense and past participle read [red] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(words/books)¦ 2¦(find information)¦ 3¦(read and speak)¦ 4¦(music/maps etc)¦ 5¦(computer)¦ 6¦(understand something in a particular way)¦ 7¦(have words on)¦ 8¦(style of… …

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  • 30read — 1 /ri:d/ verb past tense and past participle read /red/ 1 WORDS/BOOKS (I, T) to look at written words and understand what they mean: Tom could read by the time he was four. | read sth: Read the instructions carefully before you start. | I m sorry …

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