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Verb
- 1
read; read out
To see written words or letters, and utter them as they are pronounced.
Korean definition: 글이나 글자를 보고 그 음대로 소리를 내어 말로 나타내다.
When I went to the temple, I heard a monk reciting sutras.
The child read the storybook aloud clearly.
- 2
read
To read written words and know their meaning.
Korean definition: 글을 보고 뜻을 알다.
I read a book this afternoon.
Professor Kim's writing is so difficult that it's not easy to read.
- 3
read
To read a work of a writer.
Korean definition: 작가의 작품을 보다.
As an undergraduate, I majored in English literature and read Shakespeare.
By chance I read that author's representative work and ended up buying and collecting his works.
- 4
read
To understand what a picture, sign, or sound indicates.
Korean definition: 그림이나 기호, 소리가 나타내는 뜻을 알다.
Even though he was a singer, he couldn't read music.
To read a map, you need to know the map symbols.