Are you trying to hyphenate reads? Unfortunately it cannot be hyphenated because it only contains one syllable.
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Something that is read The article was a very good read |
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Interpret something that is written or printed Read the advertisement Have you read Salman Rushdie? |
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Have or contain a certain wording or form The passage reads as follows What does the law say? |
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Look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed The King will read the proclamation at noon |
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Obtain data from magnetic tapes This dictionary can be read by the computer |
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Interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky Also of human behavior She read the sky and predicted rain I can't read his strange behavior The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball |
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Interpret something in a certain way Convey a particular meaning or impression I read this address as a satire How should I take this message? You can't take credit for this! |
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Be a student of a certain subject She is reading for the bar exam |
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Indicate a certain reading Of gauges and instruments The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero The gauge read `empty' |
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Audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year |
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To hear and understand I read you loud and clear! |
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Make sense of a language She understands French Can you read Greek? |