Reading is the process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.

Reading also commonly refers to Reading, Berkshire, a town in England.

The common noun or verb reading (pronounced as ) or the proper noun Reading (pronounced as ) may also refer to:

Common noun or verb

  • Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters
  • Readings of kanji in Japanese
  • Reading (computer), an action performed by computers, to acquire data from a source
  • Reading (legislature), the mechanism by which a bill is introduced to a legislature
  • Divination, gaining insight through interpretation of omens or supernatural indicators
  • Psychic reading, an attempt to discern information through clairvoyance
  • Dramatic reading, a dramatic art, also known as oral interpretation and interpretive reading
  • Aesthetic interpretation, an explanation of the meaning of a work of art

Arts and entertainment

  • The Reading (Fantin-Latour, Lisbon), an 1870 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour
  • The Reading (Fantin-Latour, Lyon), an 1877 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour
  • The Reading (Manet), a c. 1865–1873 painting by Édouard Manet
  • The Reading (film), a 2023 American horror film

Businesses and organisations

  • Reading School, a British grammar school
  • University of Reading, a British university
  • Reading Power Station, in Tel Aviv, Israel
  • Reading Works, a former factory in Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • Reading Company, also called Reading Railroad and Reading Lines, an American company

Events

  • Battle of Reading (871)
  • Battle of Reading (1688)
  • Siege of Reading (1642–1643)
  • Reading and Leeds Festivals

People

  • Reading (surname)
  • John of Reading (died 1346), theologian
  • Marquess of Reading, a title in peerage of the UK since 1926, including Earl of Reading, Baron Reading, Viscount Reading
  • Marchioness of Reading (disambiguation), wife of the Marquess
  • Bishop of Reading, Anglican suffragan bishop in Diocese of Oxford since 1889

Places

United Kingdom

  • Reading, Berkshire
  • Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, area defined by the UK Office for National Statistics
  • Reading (UK Parliament constituency) (1295–1950 and 1955–1974)
  • Reading Central (UK Parliament constituency) (created 2024)
  • Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) (1983–2024)
  • Reading North (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
  • Reading South (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
  • Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) (1983–2024)
  • Reading West and Mid Berkshire (UK Parliament constituency) (created 2024)
  • HM Prison Reading, in Reading, Berkshire, England

United States

  • Reading, Kansas
  • Reading, Massachusetts
  • Reading, Michigan
  • Reading, Minnesota
  • Reading, Missouri
  • Reading, New York
  • Reading, Ohio, a city in Hamilton County
  • Reading, Columbiana County, Ohio
  • Reading, Pennsylvania
  • Reading, Vermont
  • North Reading, Massachusetts
  • Port Reading, New Jersey
  • Reading Township (disambiguation)
  • West Reading, Pennsylvania

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  • Reading, Jamaica

Ships

  • HMS Reading (G71), a Royal Navy destroyer ship formerly USS Bailey
  • USS Reading, a U.S. Navy frigate

Sport

  • Reading F.C., an English football club
  • Reading City F.C., an English football club
  • Reading Hockey Club, an English field hockey club
  • Reading R.F.C., an English rugby team
  • Reading Racers, an English speedway team
  • Reading Town F.C., a defunct English football club
  • Reading Fightin Phils, an American baseball team
  • Reading (United States Baseball League), a 1912 team

See also

  • Reading station (disambiguation)
  • Read (disambiguation)
  • Redding (disambiguation)
  • Baron Astley of Reading, a title in peerage of England (1644–1688)
  • Learning to read
  • Measurement