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lectura — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Cicero noun A unit of measurement in printing, equal to about 4.5 millimetres, used mainly in continental Europe as the counterpart to the English pica.
  • read verb To look at written words or symbols and understand their meaning.
  • reading noun The activity of looking at and understanding written text.

Senses

lectura is used for these senses in English:

  • cicero (typography, Continental, _, printing) The Continental equivalent of the English pica: a measure of 12 Didot points (4.51368 mm or about 0.178 in.) or a body of type in this size.
  • read A reading or an act of reading, especially of an actor's part of a play or a piece of stored data.
  • reading The process of interpreting written language.
  • small pica (printing, dated) The size of type between long primer and pica, standardized as 11 point.

read — full definition

  1. verb To look at written words or symbols and understand their meaning.
  2. verb To say written words aloud.
  3. verb To study a subject, especially at university.
  4. verb To interpret or judge a situation, person, or signal.
  5. noun A book, article, or other piece of writing, or an instance of reading it.

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