How to spell read

Read is spelled R-E-A-D.

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What it means: To look at and understand written words.

In a sentence: I like to read books with my mom.

Not to be confused with: red, a different word.

Same family: reading, reader, reread, readable, misread. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The verb "read" comes from Old English "rǣdan," which originally meant "to advise" or "to interpret" rather than just looking at written words. Over time, its meaning narrowed to understanding written text, but we still hear the older sense in phrases like "read the situation."

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