Writes vs. Reads
Difference Between Writes and Reads
Writes➦
To form (letters, words, or symbols) on a surface such as paper with an instrument such as a pen.
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Reads➦
To examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed characters, words, or sentences).
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Writes➦
To form (letters or words) in cursive style, especially in contrast to printing by hand.
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Reads➦
To utter or render aloud (written or printed material)
read poems to the students.
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Writes➦
To spell
How do you write your name?.
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Reads➦
To have the ability to examine and grasp the meaning of (written or printed material in a given language or notation)
reads Chinese.
reads music.
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Writes➦
To fill (an amount of space) with words or information
wrote five pages in an hour.
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Reads➦
To examine and grasp the meaning of (language in a form other than written or printed characters, words, or sentences)
reading Braille.
reading sign language.
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Writes➦
To put written information in the blank spaces of (a check, form, or similar document).
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Reads➦
To examine and grasp the meaning of (a graphic representation)
reading a map.
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Writes➦
To produce or compose (text) in a recorded form that can be read
write a poem.
write a letter.
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Reads➦
To discern and interpret the nature or significance of through close examination or sensitive observation
The tracker read the trail for signs of game.
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Writes➦
To express in writing; set down
write one's thoughts.
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Reads➦
To discern or anticipate through examination or observation; descry
"I can read abandonment in a broken door or shattered window" (William H. Gass).
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Writes➦
To communicate by writing, especially by written letter
She wrote that she was planning to visit.
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Reads➦
To determine the intent or mood of
can read your mind like a book.
a hard person to read.
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Writes➦
To communicate with (someone) by writing, especially by letter
wrote me to tell me she had moved again.
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Reads➦
To attribute a certain interpretation or meaning to
read her words differently than I did.
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Writes➦
To compose (a musical work).
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Reads➦
To consider (something written or printed) as having a particular meaning or significance
read the novel as a parable.
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Writes➦
To underwrite, as an insurance policy.
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Reads➦
To foretell or predict (the future).
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Writes➦
To compose in legal form; draft
write a will.
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Reads➦
To receive or comprehend (a radio message, for example)
I read you loud and clear.
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Writes➦
To indicate; mark
"Utter dejection was written on every face" (Winston S. Churchill).
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Reads➦
To study or make a study of
read history as an undergraduate.
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Writes➦
To ordain or prophesy
It was written that the empire would fall.
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Reads➦
To learn or get knowledge of from something written or printed
read that interest rates would continue to rise.
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Writes➦
(Computers) To transfer or copy (information) from memory to a storage device or output device.
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Reads➦
To proofread.
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Writes➦
To trace or form letters, words, or symbols on paper or another surface
people who cannot read or write.
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Reads➦
To have or use as a preferred reading in a particular passage
For change read charge.
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Writes➦
To produce written material, such as articles or books
She wrote for most of her adult life.
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Reads➦
To indicate, register, or show
The dial reads 32°.
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Writes➦
To compose a letter, email, or other written communication
Please write while you are away.
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Reads➦
(Computers) To obtain (data) from a storage medium, such as an optical disc.
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Writes➦
plural of write
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Reads➦
(Genetics) To decode or translate (a sequence of messenger RNA) into an amino acid sequence in a polypeptide chain.
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Reads➦
To examine and grasp the meaning of printed or written characters, as of words or music.
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Reads➦
To speak aloud the words that one is reading
read to the children every night.
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Reads➦
To learn by reading
read about the storm in the paper today.
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Reads➦
To study.
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Reads➦
To have a particular wording
Recite the poem exactly as it reads.
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Reads➦
To contain a specific meaning
As the law reads, the defendant is guilty.
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Reads➦
To indicate, register, or show a measurement or figure
How does your new watch read?.
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Reads➦
To have a specified character or quality for the reader
Your poems read well.
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Reads➦
Something that is read
"The book is a page-turner as well as a very satisfying read" (Frank Conroy).
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Reads➦
An interpretation or assessment
gave us her read of the political situation.
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Reads➦
Informed by reading; learned
only sparsely read in fields outside my profession.
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Reads➦
plural of read
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