self-reading

noun

1. the action or practice of a person who reads.
2. Speech. the oral interpretation of written language.
3. the interpretation given in the performance of a dramatic part, musical composition, etc.: an interesting reading of Beethoven’s 5th Symphony.
4. the extent to which a person has read; literary knowledge: a man of wide reading.
5. matter read or for reading: a novel that makes good reading.
6. the form or version of a given passage in a particular text: the various readings of a line in Shakespeare.
7. an instance or occasion in which a text or other matter is read or performed, usually without elaborate preparation and often as a means of testing its merits: The playwright wants to have a reading of the play for prospective producers.
8. an interpretation given to anything: What is your reading of the situation?
9. the indication of a graduated instrument: The reading is 101.2°F.

adjective

10. pertaining to or used for reading: reading glasses.
11. given to reading: the reading public.

noun

1. 1. the act of a person who reads
   2. (as modifier)a reading room; a reading lamp
2. 1. ability to read
   2. (as modifier)the reading public; a child of reading age
3. any matter that can be read; written or printed text
4. a public recital or rendering of a literary work
5. the form of a particular word or passage in a given text, esp where more than one version exists
6. an interpretation, as of a piece of music, a situation, or something said or written
7. knowledge gained from booksa person of little reading
8. a measurement indicated by a gauge, dial, scientific instrument, etc
9. parliamentary procedure
   1. the formal recital of the body or title of a bill in a legislative assembly in order to begin one of the stages of its passage
   2. one of the three stages in the passage of a bill through a legislative assemblySee first reading, second reading, third reading
10. the formal recital of something written, esp a will

noun

1. a town in S England, in Reading unitary authority, Berkshire, on the River Thames: university (1892). Pop: 232 662 (2001)
2. a unitary authority in S England, in Berkshire. Pop: 144 100 (2003 est). Area: 37 sq km (14 sq miles)

n.Old English ræding, “a reading, the act of reading” either silent or aloud, “a passage or lesson,” verbal noun; see read (v.)). Meaning “interpretation” is from mid-14c. (in reference to dreams). Meaning “a form of a passage of text” is from 1550s; that of “a public event featuring reading aloud” is from 1787. county town of Berkshire, Old English Readingum (c.900), “(Settlement of) the family or followers of a man called *Read.”