noun

• The process of interpreting written language.
• The process of interpreting a symbol, a sign or a measuring device.
• A value indicated by a measuring device.
• An event at which written material is read aloud.
• An interpretation.
• A spelling that intends to indicate the approximate pronunciation of a word from another language; a romanization, transcription, and/or transliteration.
• Something to read; reading material.
• The extent of what one has read.
• (legislature) One of several stages a bill passes through before becoming law.
• A piece of literature or passage of scripture read aloud to an audience.
• (education, uncountable) The content of a reading list.
• (go, uncountable) The act or process of imagining sequences of potential moves and responses without actually placing stones.
• A surname.
• A large town in Berkshire, England.
• A number of places in the United States:
• A city in Kansas.
• A town in Massachusetts.
• A city in Michigan.
• An unincorporated community in Nobles County, Minnesota.
• A town in New York.
• A city in Hamilton County, Ohio.
• An unincorporated community in Columbiana County, Ohio.
• A city, the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania.
• A town in Vermont.
• A number of townships, listed under Reading Township.
• A small town in Saint James parish, Jamaica.