Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for read

Two senses of read live in the word bank, and they take different synonyms. The sentence under each one is what tells them apart.

Tier 1, Foothills · 2 senses · verb · Reason line included

Sense 1 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

interpret something in a certain way

I read this address as a satire.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

take

Same sentence, swapped: I take this address as a satire.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for read as it is used in the sentence above.

register
scan
misunderstand

Sense 2 of 2verbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

make sense of a language

Can you read Greek?

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

understand

Same sentence, swapped: Can you understand Greek?

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for read as it is used in the sentence above.

record
study
touch

Read nextThe whole library →

Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

followverbtracefollow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of somethingFoothills formnoun, verbkinda category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line frameverbborderenclose in or as if in a frameFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line geniusnounwondersomeone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originalityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line obsessedadjectivehauntedhaving or showing excessive or compulsive concern with somethingTreeline obstaclenounobstructionsomething immaterial that stands in the way and must be circumvented or surmountedRidgelineHas a reason line obtuseadjectivepurblindlacking in insight or discernmentSummit marriagenounweddingthe act of marryingFoothills

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