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Meaning of "read-only" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF READ-ONLY

read-only  [ˌriːdˈəʊnlɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF READ-ONLY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Read-Only is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES READ-ONLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of read-only in the English dictionary

The definition of read-only in the dictionary is capable of being read, but not written or changed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH READ-ONLY


alonely
əˈləʊnlɪ
certainly
ˈsɜːtənlɪ
commonly
ˈkɒmənlɪ
evenly
ˈiːv ənlɪ
finely
ˈfaɪnlɪ
genuinely
ˈdʒɛnjʊɪnlɪ
heavenly
ˈhɛvənlɪ
insanely
ɪnˈseɪnlɪ
lonely
ˈləʊnlɪ
mainly
ˈmeɪnlɪ
manly
ˈmænlɪ
McKinley
məˈkɪnlɪ
once-only
ˌwʌnsˈəʊnlɪ
only
ˈəʊnlɪ
openly
ˈəʊpənlɪ
pronely
ˈprəʊnlɪ
routinely
ruːˈtiːnlɪ
Stanley
ˈstænlɪ
suddenly
ˈsʌdənlɪ
townly
ˈtaʊnlɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE READ-ONLY

read head
read in
read into
read oneself in
read only memory
read out
read someone like a book
read the riot act to someone
read up
read-across
read-write head
read-write memory
readability
readable
readableness
readably
readapt
readaptation
readdict
readdress

WORDS THAT END LIKE READ-ONLY

chirurgeonly
cullionly
curmudgeonly
fonly
if only
lionly
matronly
one and only
patronly
sonly
the only
uncommonly
wantonly

Synonyms and antonyms of read-only in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «read-only» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF READ-ONLY

Find out the translation of read-only to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of read-only from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «read-only» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

只读
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

de sólo lectura
570 millions of speakers

English

read-only
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

केवल पढ़ने के लिए
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

للقراءة فقط
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

только для чтения
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

somente leitura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শুধুমাত্র পাঠযোগ্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lecture seule
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

baca sahaja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Lese
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

読み取り専用の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

읽기 전용
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

namung diwaca
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chỉ đọc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ரீட்-ஒன்லி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फक्त वाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sadece oku
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sola lettura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tylko do odczytu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тільки для читання
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

read-only
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μόνο για ανάγνωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

slegs-lees -
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

skriv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

read-only
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of read-only

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «READ-ONLY»

The term «read-only» is quite widely used and occupies the 24.139 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «READ-ONLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about read-only

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «READ-ONLY»

Discover the use of read-only in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to read-only and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Special edition using Microsoft Office 2003
As the name implies, applying the read-only attribute allows anyone who opens the file to view its contents. To make changes, you must save a copy of the file under a new name, and then make changes to the copy. You have the following ...
Ed Bott, Woody Leonhard, 2003
2
Troubleshooting Your PC For Dummies
Read-only is one of a handful of file attributes that can be applied to a file. In this case, the read-only attribute tells Windows that the file can be opened, examined, printed, and copied, but cannot be changed in any way — look but don't touch, ...
Dan Gookin, 2008
3
TOAD Handbook
Most people don't realize that TOAD comes with two modes of operation entirely under their controL TOAD can operate in either read/write or read-only mode, simply controlled by the license files in the TOAD install directory. When the TOAD.
Bert Scalzo, Dan Hotka, 2003
4
JUNOS Cookbook
... (using the show commands) admin (read-only, using the showconfiguration command) admin-control (read, and configure at [edit systemlogin]) firewall (read -only, using the show configuration command) firewall-control (read, and configure ...
Aviva Garrett, 2006
5
Novell NetWare 6.5 Administrator's Handbook
Read-Only replica: A Read-Only replica contains all the same information as the Master and Read/Write replicas. Users can read, but not modify, the information contained in these replicas. The replica is updated with changes made to the ...
Jeffrey Harris, 2003
6
Nagios 3 Enterprise Network Monitoring: Including Plug-Ins ...
Read-Only. Nagios does a terrific job of conveying large amounts of information quickly, and in a manner most end users find intuitive. Anyone we have shown a Nagios status screen has instantly been able to identify that items in red ...
Max Schubert, Derrick Bennett, Jonathan Gines, 2008
7
Oracle PL/SQL Programming: Covers Versions Through Oracle ...
The SET TRANSACTION statement allows you to begin a read-only or read-write session, establish an isolation level, or assign the current transaction to a specified rollback segment. This statement must be the first SQL statement processed ...
Steven Feuerstein, Bill Pribyl, 2009
8
Expert VB 2008 Business Objects
Many applications have objects that are read-only or display-only. Read-only objects need to support object persistence only for retrieving data, not for updating data. Also, they don't need to support any of the n-level undo or other editing-type ...
Joe Fallon, Rockford Lhotka, 2009
9
Certain Erasable Programmable Read Only Memories, Components ...
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Comission has issued a limited exclusion order in the above-captioned investigation prohibiting the unlicensed importation of certain erasable programmable read only memories (EPROMs) ...
U.S. International Trade Commission
10
The Definitive Guide to Java Swing
[ComponentProperties (Continued) Property Name Data Type Component Container JComponent Access Access Access doubleBuffered boolean Read- only N/A Read-write dropTarget DropTarget Read-write N/A N/A enabled boolean ...
John Zukowski, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «READ-ONLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term read-only is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Amazon finally has a cloud storage app, but it's read-only
Amazon has long offered cloud storage with its Cloud Drive service, but only ever allowed you to manage it on the web or with desktop apps. Now you'll have ... «The Verge, Jul 15»
2
TWRP v2.8.7.0 Introduces A Read-Only Install Option For Creating …
The Team Win Recovery Project has released version 2.8.7.0 of its custom recovery, known simply as TWRP. This update brings a system read-only option that's ... «Android Police, Jun 15»
3
Docker Inc., Release Docker 1.5 With Read-only Containers, Stats …
Docker Inc., have released version 1.5 of the Docker application container runtime, which contains IPv6 support, read-only containers, access to container ... «InfoQ.com, Feb 15»
4
Nature publisher hopes to end 'dark sharing' by making read-only
In one, NPG subscribers will gain the option of sharing a link to a read-only version of any paper with anyone, via e-mail or social media. The link encodes the ... «Science Now, Dec 14»
5
Configuring AlwaysOn Read-Only Replicas
If you want to a read-only SQL Server AlwaysOn replica, you need to specify the ALLOW_CONNECTIONS=READ_ONLY keyword or the secondary replica. «SQL Server Pro, Jul 14»
6
Dropbox for Business folders can now be shared in read-only mode
Giving users read-only access to folders hasn't been possible until now: Dropbox for Business users by default granted edit rights to the people they shared the ... «PCWorld, Jul 14»
7
Quip 2.0 arrives with read-only publishing, search operators and …
Collaborative document service Quip bumped up to version 2.0 today with the addition of several major features, including the ability to publish a read-only ... «The Next Web, May 14»
8
Medium Launches a Read-Only App for iOS
The app is read-only and allows users to access a range of published articles by first signing in using their Twitter account — which comes as little surprise since ... «The Next Web, Mar 14»
9
Solving read-only conditions for external hard drives
Formatting errors can also cause a drive to be read-only. While in many cases formatting errors are relatively minor and tolerated by the system, there are times ... «CNET, Jun 13»
10
Understanding .NET Using Read-Only Collections
Even if you're not working in the Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5, .NET provides you with a way to create a read-only collection or to convert an existing List into a ... «Visual Studio Magazine, Apr 13»

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