readings

noun

1. 1

   The process of interpreting written language.

2. 2

   The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.

3. 3

   A value indicated by a measuring device.

   “a speedometer reading.”

4. 4

   An event at which written material is read aloud.

   “a poetry reading.”

5. 5

   An interpretation.

   “a reading of the current situation.”

6. 6

   Something to read; reading material.

7. 7

   The extent of what one has read.

   “He's a man of good reading.”

8. 8

   (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.

9. 9

   A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience: readings from the Bible