"must-read" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mʌst ɹid/ Forms: must-reads [plural]
Etymology: From must + read. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|must|read}} must + read Head templates: {{en-noun}} must-read (plural must-reads)
  1. A book, article, etc. that one is strongly recommended to read. Translations (product strongly recommended to read): 必読 (hitsudoku) (Japanese)

Inflected forms

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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "no equivalent term in Finnish (the verb lukea (“to read”) is used as part of the standard grammatical structure for expressing need, such as on luettava, on pakko lukea, täytyy lukea, pitää lukea)",
          "sense": "product strongly recommended to read"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "note": "Pflichtlektüre f (which however also means a book which one is not only recommended but required to read, sometimes called set book in English)",
          "sense": "product strongly recommended to read"
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          "sense": "product strongly recommended to read",
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    },
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