"read up" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Forms: more read up [comparative], most read up [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} read up (comparative more read up, superlative most read up)
  1. Of an individual, well-versed or informed in a particular subject. Related terms: well-read Translations (learn by reading): podkuwać się [imperfective] (Polish), podkuć się [perfective] (Polish), läsa på (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-read_up-en-adj-rOi9T3Zg

Verb [English]

Forms: reads up [present, singular, third-person], reading up [participle, present], read up [participle, past], read up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|read<,,read> up}} read up (third-person singular simple present reads up, present participle reading up, simple past and past participle read up)
  1. To learn (about something) by reading.
    (transitive)
    Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-read_up-en-verb-EsSyCJuM
  2. To learn (about something) by reading.
    (intransitive) [with on or about]
    Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-read_up-en-verb-DcJmOSu3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 6 68 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 28 11 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 16 7 77 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 7 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 5 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 33 13 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 32 9 59

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:",
          "text": "\"Pestilential nonsense!\" \"Have you read it up at all, Father?\" asked Enid. \"Read it up! I, with all my interests and no time for one-half of them! Enid, you are too absurd.\" \"Sorry, Father.\"",
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          "well-versed",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "learn by reading",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "podkuwać się"
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      "sense": "learn by reading",
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "learn by reading",
      "word": "läsa på"
    }
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}

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