Crossword Dictionary
read - v
interpret something that is written or printed; "read the advertisement"; "Have you read Salman Rushdie?"
look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon"
interpret the significance of, as of palms, tea leaves, intestines, the sky; also of human behavior; "She read the sky and predicted rain"; "I can't read his strange behavior"; "The fortune teller read his fate in the crystal ball"
audition for a stage role by reading parts of a role; "He is auditioning for `Julius Caesar' at Stratford this year"
to hear and understand; "I read you loud and clear!"
perusal
noun
The action of reading or examining something.
synonyms
study, scan, read
examples:
‘A selection of videos in the lounge awaited our perusal.’
‘a quick perusal of the index to the book reveals an interesting fact’
‘He set it back on the wooden plate and continued his perusal of the records.’
‘For those of a philosophical bent, my results are posted below for your perusal.’
‘After lengthy perusal of the instructions, I managed to change the green neon clocks on the video, the hi-fi and the cooker.’
‘Archives and libraries and museums have any amount of information and documents available for perusal.’