To read between the lines
- To read between the lines
- Read Read, v. i.
1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.]
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2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] --Spenser.
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3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over
and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like
document.
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So they read in the book of the law of God
distinctly, and gave the sense. --Neh. viii.
8.
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4. To study by reading; as, he read for the bar.
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5. To learn by reading.
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I have read of an Eastern king who put a judge to
death for an iniquitous sentence. --Swift.
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6. To appear in writing or print; to be expressed by, or
consist of, certain words or characters; as, the passage
reads thus in the early manuscripts.
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7. To produce a certain effect when read; as, that sentence
reads queerly.
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{To read between the lines}, to infer something different
from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning
as distinguished from the apparent meaning.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
2000.
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read between the lines — {v. phr.} To understand all of a writer s meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. * /Some kinds of poetry make you read between the lines./ * /A clever foreign correspondent can often avoid censorship by careful wording, leaving his… … Dictionary of American idioms
read between the lines — {v. phr.} To understand all of a writer s meaning by guessing at what he has left unsaid. * /Some kinds of poetry make you read between the lines./ * /A clever foreign correspondent can often avoid censorship by careful wording, leaving his… … Dictionary of American idioms
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Between the lines — can refer to: *The subtext of a letter, fictional work, conversation or other piece of communication. * Between the Lines (TV series), an early 1990s BBC television programme. * Between the Lines (Radio program) a weekly news program originating… … Wikipedia
between the lines — See: READ BETWEEN THE LINES … Dictionary of American idioms
between the lines — See: READ BETWEEN THE LINES … Dictionary of American idioms
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read between the lines — phrasal to understand more than is directly stated … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Read — Read, v. i. 1. To give advice or counsel. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. To tell; to declare. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] 3. To perform the act of reading; to peruse, or to go over and utter aloud, the words of a book or other like document. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
