reader

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/ˈɹidɚ/

noun 6name 4

Collocations

(noun.)

ADJ

careful, competent, fast, fluent, good

alert, attentive

An attentive reader will spot the subtle clues hidden throughout the mystery novel.

discerning, sophisticated | poor, slow | avid, great, voracious | omnivorous

regular

She has been a regular reader of that newspaper for over twenty years.

casual | adult, female, male, women, young | specialist

general, non-specialist

This magazine is written for the non-specialist reader who wants to understand science.

Daily Express, Guardian, etc. | tabloid

PREP

~ of

My grandmother has been a devoted reader of mystery novels for over thirty years.

Definitions

noun

A person who reads.

an early reader, a talented reader

A person who reads a publication.

10,000 weekly readers

In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”

A person who recites literary works, usually to an audience.

A proofreader.

A person employed by a publisher to read works submitted for publication and determine their merits.

They were dog-eared by the hands of many a publisher's-reader and postman.

noun

Alternative form of reader (“a lay or minor cleric who reads lessons in a church service”).

name

A surname

A census-designated place in Nevada County and Ouachita County, Arkansas, United States.

An unincorporated community in Western Mound Township, Macoupin County, Illinois, United States.

A census-designated place in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, named after the Reader Run creek.

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Synonyms

noun — a public lecturer at certain universities

noun — someone who reads the lessons in a church service

lector

noun — someone who reads proof in order to find errors and mark cor

proofreader

noun — someone who reads manuscripts and judges their suitability f

noun — someone who contracts to receive and pay for a service or a

subscriber

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Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

an early reader, a talented reader

Wiktionary

10,000 weekly readers

Wiktionary

In its May 1965 issue, Life magazine condemned skateboards as a “menace to limb and even to life,” and cautioned readers about riders who “take over the paths made for peaceful strollers.”

Wiktionary

An astute reader should be willing to weigh everything they read, including anonymous sources.

Tatoeba · #1902

A careful reader would have noticed the mistake.

Tatoeba · #30382

This poem calls for great insight from the reader.

Tatoeba · #59044

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