Meaning of "read"

read •

v.
• • 1. to get the meaning of writing or print: bumasa, basahin, magbasa
  • 2. to speak out loud the words of writing or print: magbasa( basahin) nang malakas
  • 3. to get the meaning of other things, understand: malaman, alamin, umunawa, maunawaan, unawain
  • 4. to study: mag-aral, pag-aralan
  • 5. to give the meaning of, interpret: magpakahulugan, pakahuluganan
  • 6. to read between the lines: unawain ang ipinahihiwatig

adj.
• • having knowledge gained by reading, informed: palabasa

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illiterate

adj.
• • 1. unable to read or write: hindi (di) makabasat makasulat, mangmang, hindi (di) nag-aral
  • 2. unable to read: di makabasa
  • 3. not educated, not cultured: walang pinag-aralan, ignorante

report

v.
• • 1. to give or bring an account of, state formally: mag-ulat, iulat
  • 2. to denounce: magsumbong, isumbong
  • 3. to present oneself: humarap, magpakita, pakita

n.
• • 1. an account of something seen, heard, or read about: balita
  • 2. anything formally expressed, generally in writing: ulat, report

legible

adj.
• • that can be read: malinaw, maliwanag, mababasa, nababasa

literacy

n.
• • ability to read and write: karunungang bumasa at sumulat

dictate

v.
• • 1. to say or read aloud to another person who is to write what is said or read: magdikta, idikta, diktahan
  • 2. to speak with authority, to make others do what one says: magdikta, idikta, diktahan, mag-utos, iutos, utusan, magmando

n.
• • order, direction: utos, mando

basa

v.
• • bumasa (-um-) to read. Bumasa ka ng tula. Read a poem. magbasa, basahin (mag-:-in)

v.
• • to read something. Basahin mo ang diyaryo. Read the newspaper. basa'

adj.
• • wet

v.
• • mabasa (ma-) to become wet, drenched