read – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of read

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to read sth through
Participle: read sth through
Gerund: reading sth through

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Iread sth through
youread sth through
he;she;itreads sth through
weread sth through
youread sth through
theyread sth through

Perfect

Ihave read sth through
youhave read sth through
he;she;ithas read sth through
wehave read sth through
youhave read sth through
theyhave read sth through

Past

Iread sth through
youread sth through
he;she;itread sth through
weread sth through
youread sth through
theyread sth through

Pluperfect

Ihad read sth through
youhad read sth through
he;she;ithad read sth through
wehad read sth through
youhad read sth through
theyhad read sth through

Future

Iwill read sth through
youwill read sth through
he;she;itwill read sth through
wewill read sth through
youwill read sth through
theywill read sth through

Future Perfect

Iwill have read sth through
youwill have read sth through
he;she;itwill have read sth through
wewill have read sth through
youwill have read sth through
theywill have read sth through

Subjunctive

Present

Iread sth through
youread sth through
he;she;itread sth through
weread sth through
youread sth through
theyread sth through

Perfect

Ihave read sth through
youhave read sth through
he;she;ithave read sth through
wehave read sth through
youhave read sth through
theyhave read sth through

Imperfect

Iread sth through
youread sth through
he;she;itread sth through
weread sth through
youread sth through
theyread sth through

Pluperfect

Ihad read sth through
youhad read sth through
he;she;ithad read sth through
wehad read sth through
youhad read sth through
theyhad read sth through

Conditional

Present

Iwould read sth through
youwould read sth through
he;she;itwould read sth through
wewould read sth through
youwould read sth through
theywould read sth through

Perfect

Iwould have read sth through
youwould have read sth through
he;she;itwould have read sth through
wewould have read sth through
youwould have read sth through
theywould have read sth through

Imperative

youread sth through
weLet's read sth through
youread sth through

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam reading sth through
youare reading sth through
he;she;itis reading sth through
weare reading sth through
youare reading sth through
theyare reading sth through

Perfect

Ihave been reading sth through
youhave been reading sth through
he;she;ithas been reading sth through
wehave been reading sth through
youhave been reading sth through
theyhave been reading sth through

Past

Iwas reading sth through
youwere reading sth through
he;she;itwas reading sth through
wewere reading sth through
youwere reading sth through
theywere reading sth through

Pluperfect

Ihad been reading sth through
youhad been reading sth through
he;she;ithad been reading sth through
wehad been reading sth through
youhad been reading sth through
theyhad been reading sth through

Future

Iwill be reading sth through
youwill be reading sth through
he;she;itwill be reading sth through
wewill be reading sth through
youwill be reading sth through
theywill be reading sth through

Future Perfect

Iwill have been reading sth through
youwill have been reading sth through
he;she;itwill have been reading sth through
wewill have been reading sth through
youwill have been reading sth through
theywill have been reading sth through

Conditional

Present

Iwould be reading sth through
youwould be reading sth through
he;she;itwould be reading sth through
wewould be reading sth through
youwould be reading sth through
theywould be reading sth through

Perfect

Iwould have been reading sth through
youwould have been reading sth through
he;she;itwould have been reading sth through
wewould have been reading sth through
youwould have been reading sth through
theywould have been reading sth through

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'read'

beset, broadcast, burst, bust, cost, crosscut, cut, forecast, hit, hurt, inset, let, misread, overset, overspread, put, read, rebroadcast, recut, relet, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'read'

aread, bead, bread, dead, dread, head, lead, readd, ready, ream,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Additional Information

Etymology

1. O.E. rædan (W.Saxon), redan (Anglian) "to explain, read, rule, advise" (related to ræd, red "advice"), from P.Gmc. *raedanan (cf. O.N. raða, O.Fris. reda, Du. raden, O.H.G. ratan, Ger. raten "to advise, counsel, guess"), from PIE base *rei- "to reason, count" (cf. Skt. radh- "to succeed, accomplish," Gk. arithmos "number amount," O.C.S. raditi "to take thought, attend to," O.Ir. im-radim "to deliberate, consider"). Connected to riddle via notion of "interpret." Words from this root in most modern Gmc. languages still mean "counsel, advise." Transference to "understand the meaning of written symbols" is unique to O.E. and (perhaps under Eng. influence) O.N. raða. Most languages use a word rooted in the idea of "gather up" as their word for "read" (cf. Fr. lire, from L. legere). Sense of "make out the character of (a person)" is attested from 1611. The noun meaning "an act of reading" is recorded from 1825. Read up "study" is from 1842; read-only in computer jargon is recorded from 1961. O.E. ræda "advise, counsel" is in the name of Anglo-Saxon king Æðelræd II (968-1016), lit. "good counsel," and in his epithet Unræd, usually rendered into Mod.Eng. as Unready, but really meaning "no-counsel." Rede "counsel" survived in poetic usage to 17c. An attempted revival by Scott (19c.) failed, though it is used in Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings."
2. From Middle English reden, from Old English rǣdan (“to counsel, advise, consult; interpret, read”), from Proto-West Germanic *rādan, from Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (“advise, counsel”), from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ- (“to arrange”).
3. Cognate with Scots rede, red (“to advise, counsel, decipher, read”), Saterland Frisian räide (“to advise, counsel”), West Frisian riede (“to advise, counsel”), Dutch raden (“to advise; guess”), German raten (“to advise; guess”), Danish råde (“to advise”), Swedish råda (“to advise, counsel”), Persian رده (rade, “to order, to arrange, class”). In West Germanic the verb had a sense “interpret”, which developed further into “interpret letters” in English and “interpret by intuition, guess” on the continent. Compare rede. See: Middle English 'reden', Proto-Germanic '*rēdaną', Frisian, Saterlandic 'räide', Dutch 'raden', German, old spelling 'raten', Danish 'råde', Swedish 'råda'.

Verbs referencing "read"

German, Pennsylvania rode, Luxembourgish roden, Norwegian, nynorsk rå, Bislama ridim, Tok Pisin ridim, Icelandic ráða, Danish råde, Wymysorys rȫta, Proto-Slavic raditi.

Sample Sentences

  • It was pretty much the same for the next two days, with a tolerably fair wind and dry weather. I read in bed (but to this hour I do n't know what ) a good deal; and reeled on deck a little; drank cold brandy-and-water with an unspeakable disgust, and ate hard biscuit perseveringly: not ill, but [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘Then, on any article being handed to her, for instance, a pencil, or a watch, she would select the component letters, and arrange them on her board, and read them with apparent pleasure. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • ‘“ But wonderful as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so is the ease and accuracy with which she reads the words thus written by another; grasping their hands in hers, and following every movement of their fingers, as letter after letter conveys their meaning to her mind. It is in this way that she [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Mas’r George is such a beautiful reader, now, I know he'll stay to read for us, ” said Aunt Chloe; “ ‘pears like ’ t will be so much more interestin ’. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] than the gratification of an internal faculty. She has been known to sit for half an hour, holding a book before her sightless eyes, and moving her lips, as she has observed seeing people do when reading. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] but most interesting and instructive history of Laura Bridgman. The name of her great benefactor and friend, who writes it, is Dr. Howe. There are not many persons, I hope and believe, who, after reading these passages, can ever hear that name with indifference. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • Each ward in this institution is shaped like a long gallery or hall, with the dormitories of the patients opening from it on either hand. Here they work, read, play at skittles, and other games; and when the weather does not admit of their taking exercise out of doors, pass the day together. In one of these rooms, seated, calmly, and quite as a matter of [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] was radiant with imaginary jewels; wore a rich pair of undoubted gold spectacles; and gracefully dropped upon her lap, as we approached, a very old greasy newspaper, in which I dare say she had been reading an account of her own presentation at some Foreign Court. (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] his hands in his pockets and stares at you, if you chance to be a stranger; or enters into conversation with the passengers about him. A great many newspapers are pulled out, and a few of them are read. Everybody talks to you, or to anybody else who hits his fancy. If you are an Englishman, he expects that that railroad is pretty much like an English railroad. If you say ‘No, ’ he says ‘Yes ? ’ [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • [...] written exclusively by females actively employed in the mills,’—which is duly printed, published, and sold; and whereof I brought away from Lowell four hundred good solid pages, which I have read from beginning to end. (American Notes for General Circulation)