Hyphenation of reading
How to hyphenate reading
reading is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, reading is hyphenated as:
- Syllables Count
- 2
- Characters Count
- 7
- Alpha-numeric Characters Count
- 7
- Hyphens Count
- 1
Definitions of reading
- verb To look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
Synonyms: interpret, "make out", "make sense of", scan, understand
Example: Have you read this book?
- verb To speak aloud words or other information that is written. Often construed with a to phrase or an indirect object.
Synonyms: "read aloud, read out, read out loud, speak"
Example: All right, class, who wants to read next?
- verb To read work(s) written by (a named author).
Example: At the moment I'm reading Milton.
- verb To interpret, or infer a meaning, significance, thought, intention, etc. from.
Example: I can read his feelings in his face.
- verb To consist of certain text.
Example: On the door hung a sign that reads "No admittance".
- verb Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in a particular way.
Example: Arabic reads right to left.
- verb To substitute (a corrected piece of text in place of an erroneous one); used to introduce an emendation of a text.
- verb (usually ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.
- verb To be able to hear what another person is saying over a radio connection.
Example: Do you read me?
- verb To observe and comprehend (a displayed signal)
Example: A repeater signal may be used where the track geometry makes the main signal difficult to read from a distance.
- verb (except Scotland) To make a special study of, as by perusing textbooks.
Example: I am reading theology at university.
- verb To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).
Example: to read a hard disk; to read a port; to read the keyboard
- verb To think, believe; to consider (that).
- verb To advise; to counsel. See rede.
- verb To tell; to declare; to recite.
- verb To recognise (someone) as being transgender.
Synonyms: clock
Example: Every time I go outside, I worry that someone will read me.
- verb To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.
- noun The process of interpreting written language.
- noun The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
- noun A value indicated by a measuring device.
Example: a speedometer reading.
- noun An event at which written material is read aloud.
Example: a poetry reading.
- noun An interpretation.
Example: a reading of the current situation.
- noun Something to read; reading material.
- noun The extent of what one has read.
Example: He's a man of good reading.
- noun (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
- noun A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible
Words nearby reading
- readhesion
- readied
- readier
- readies
- readiest
- readily
- readiness
- readinesses
- (reading)
- readingdom
- readings
- readjourn
- readjourned
- readjourning
- readjournment
- readjournments
- readjourns
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What is hyphenation
Hyphenation is the process of dividing words across lines in print or on websites. It involves inserting hyphens (-) where a word breaks to continue on the next line.
Proper hyphenation improves readability by reducing the unevenness of word spacing and unnecessary large gaps. It also helps avoid confusion that may occur when part of a word carries over. Ideal hyphenation should break words according to pronunciation and syllables. Most word processors and publishing apps have automated tools to handle hyphenation effectively based on language rules and dictionaries. Though subtle, proper hyphenation improves overall typography and reading comfort.