The activity of reading is a learned human ability to examine and grasp the meaning of written or printed characters, words, or sentences in a given language or notation. Another activity:

Reading, Berkshire (origin of other place names)

Redding, California

Reading, Pennsylvania

Reading, Massachusetts

Redding, Connecticut

Rufus Isaacs, 1st Marquess of Reading (1860-1935)

Reading (technical), an activity performed by a computer

John Reading (ca. 1685–1764), composer, organist and copyist

Reading, New York

Port Reading, New Jersey

Reading (legislature), a mechanism by which a bill is introduced to, and approved by, a legislature

Sight reading, performance of music or theatre without having seen it before

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Reading, Vermont

Reading, Kansas

Reading Township, Pennsylvania

Redding, Iowa

Reading, Michigan

Reading Capital, a collection of essays on Marxism

Poetry reading, a performance of poetry

Reading Power Station, an electrical power plant in Tel Aviv

Reading (for degree), studying for a degree, particularly at Oxbridge

John Reading (ca. 1645-1692), composer and organist

John H. Reading (1917-2003), former Mayor of Oakland, California

Cold reading (theatrical), an audition without rehearsal

Read may refer to: Reading, an activity performed by a human Read, Lancashire, a town in England Read (botanical), a botanical term Read (magazine), a children's magazine Read (poker), the act of studying another player's tendencies and style of play to...