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Meaning of "read up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF READ UP

read up  [riːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF READ UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Read up is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES READ UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of read up in the English dictionary

The definition of read up in the dictionary is when intr, often foll by on to acquire information about by reading intensively.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH READ UP


agreed
əˈɡriːd
bastide
bæsˈtiːd
breed
briːd
creed
kriːd
exceed
ɪkˈsiːd
feed
fiːd
guaranteed
ˌɡærənˈtiːd
indeed
ɪnˈdiːd
invalid
ˈɪnvəˌliːd
lead
liːd
need
niːd
proceed
prəˈsiːd
read
riːd
rede
riːd
reed
riːd
Reid
riːd
seed
siːd
speed
spiːd
succeed
səkˈsiːd
we´d
wiːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE READ UP

read a lesson
read between the lines
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-across
read-only
read-write head
read-write memory
readability
readable
readableness
readably
readapt
readaptation

WORDS THAT END LIKE READ UP

add up
build up
dolled up
dressed up
end up
fed up
fired up
fold up
mixed up
on the up and up
round up
screwed up
speed up
stand up
steamed up
washed up
wind up
worked up
wound up
wrapped up

Synonyms and antonyms of read up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «read up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF READ UP

Find out the translation of read up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of read up 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 up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

阅读了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

leer
570 millions of speakers

English

read up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पढ़
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقرأ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

читать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ler -se
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

baca
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nachlesen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

最大読み込み
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

읽어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Maca munggah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đọc lên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

படிக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाचा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

oku
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

leggere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przeczytać
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

читати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

citiți
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαβάσετε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lees
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

läs upp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lese opp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of read up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «READ UP»

The term «read up» is quite widely used and occupies the 37.542 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «READ UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «read up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «read up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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5 QUOTES WITH «READ UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word read up.
1
Kris Humphries
I also eat fruit instead of drinking juices. That's something I've read up on. I think that if you drink a lot of fruit juice you take in way too much sugar. You'd be better off eating a bunch of strawberries or apples.
2
Eric Millegan
If you have a friend or a family member who's bipolar, or has panic attack disorder, or is depressed, read up on it a little bit so you can get to know where they're coming from.
3
Aidan Quinn
Some actors actually think about what they're going to talk about during the interview - they read up and meditate and plan quotes and get all inspired. It's very smart, but it's so planned. I never think to do that.
4
John Wayne
I'd read up on the history of our country and I'd become fascinated with the story of the Alamo. To me it represented the fight for freedom, not just in America, but in all countries.
5
Siegfried Woldhek
I've been drawing authors and politicians for newspapers for many years. I try to read up on the person; in the case of authors, read one of their books. I watch interviews via YouTube and collect pictures via the Internet.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «READ UP»

Discover the use of read up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to read up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Up, Up, Down
She goes up, up, UP to the very top of anything she can find -- the dresser, the refrigerator... the TREE?! Can her mother and father get her down? Up, Up, Down has always been a popular story with Robert Munsch's very youngest fans.
Robert N. Munsch, 2011
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The Lean Startup: How Today's Entrepreneurs Use Continuous ...
Outlines a revisionist approach to management while arguing against common perceptions about the inevitability of startup failures, explaining the importance of providing genuinely needed products and services as well as organizing a ...
Eric Ries, 2011
3
How to Read a Book
Originally published in 1940, this book is a rare phenomenon, a living classic that introduces and elucidates the various levels of reading and how to achieve them—from elementary reading, through systematic skimming and inspectional ...
Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, 2011
4
Engineering Graphics
Construct a scale of 1.5 cm = 1 dm to read up to 1 m and show on it a length of 0.6 m. 3. The R.F. of a scale is 1/50,000. Draw the scale to show km and hm. Show a distance of 6.2 km. 4. On a map the distance between two points is 14 cm .
B Bhattacharyya, 2008
5
Waking Up Married
From USA TODAY bestselling author Mira Lyn Kelly comes WAKING UP MARRIED, a free book in Harlequin's brand-new contemporary romance collection—Harlequin KISS.
Mira Lyn Kelly, 2012
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Chambers Dictionary Of Phrasal Verbs
... questions. read over/through vtfus, vtsep to read (something) from beginning to end: /'// read over your manuscript, and let you know if I find any mistakes. read up vt sep, read up on vt fus to learn (something) by Study: / must read up on this.
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Instrument Engineers' Handbook, Third Edition, Volume Three: ...
Datagrams can be used to read up to 128 bytes of information from another CPU or write up to 128 bytes of information to one or more devices. The same bus may be used for I/O service and communication. The types of datagrams used on ...
Bela G. Liptak, 2002
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A Valency Dictionary of English: A Corpus-based Analysis of ...
seeking expert knowledge by reading) + up + on NP Generally speaking, there should be ample opportunity available for every new mother to read up on the food requirements of their children. (= seek expert knowledge by reading) But I ...
Thomas Herbst, 2004
9
The Civil War Up Close: Thousands of Curious, Obscure, and ...
Sheridan's Ride Sheridan's Ride Sheridan's Ride Sheridan's Ride Sheridan's Ride By Thomas Read By Thomas Read By Thomas Read By Thomas Read By Thomas Read Up from the South at break of day, Bringing to Winchester fresh ...
Donald Cartmell, 2004
10
The Two-word Verb: A Dictionary of the Verb-preposition ...
read up (on) I (2,11,12) I'll have to read up on Russian history before we take our trip to the U.S.S.R. [Improve my knowledge of it.] Ready To make ready; prepare. ready up T (4,11) Informal. The guest room has been readied up for the bride ...
George A. Meyer, 1975

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «READ UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term read up is used in the context of the following news items.
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Letters: Columnist should read up on American history
Columnist should read up on American history. Recently, community columnist Jean Thompson advanced an idea in her commentary that the United States ... «Appleton Post Crescent, Jul 15»
2
Read up on legal cases involving the Buffalo School Board
As noted in today's story, outside lawyers are increasingly being used to mediate disputes among members of the Buffalo School Board and to defend against ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
3
Read Up! student in Truckee now bilingual
Since joining the Read Up! Literacy Program — a Nevada County volunteer tutor service based at the Truckee Library — Sanchez, with the help of her volunteer ... «Sierra Sun, Jun 15»
4
Election Roundup: Today's the day! Read up and vote.
The April 7 election features races for mayor and city, town and village councils throughout Wisconsin. Madison voters will also give thumbs up or down to a ... «Madison.com, Apr 15»
5
'House of Cards' Needs to Read Up on Russia
By Reid StandishReid Standish is an assistant digital producer at Foreign Policy. A native of British Columbia, he holds a BA in international studies from Simon ... «Foreign Policy, Feb 15»
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Jennifer Aniston & Chelsea Handler read up on their lives...
Best gal pals Jennifer Aniston and Chelsea Handler read up on their lives according to a tabloid when Aniston paid a visit to Chelsea Lately. Two teenagers ... «Daily Mail, Oct 14»
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This App Can Help You Read Up to 1000 Words a Minute
Then, the words speed up, and you're forced to grasp their meaning much faster. ... The highest setting of 1,000 words per minute would let you read Harry ... «TIME, Mar 14»

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