"read across" meaning in English

See read across in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: reads across [present, singular, third-person], reading across [participle, present], read across [participle, past], read across [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|read<,,read> across}} read across (third-person singular simple present reads across, present participle reading across, simple past and past participle read across)
  1. (transitive, with from) To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "reads across",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "read across",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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        "past"
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "You're reading acrosss from one case to another in a different legal context entirely.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon."
      ],
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        "(transitive, with from) To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "with from"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "read across"
}
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    {
      "form": "reads across",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reading across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "read across",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "read across",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs",
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        {
          "text": "You're reading acrosss from one case to another in a different legal context entirely.",
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        }
      ],
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        "To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, with from) To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon."
      ],
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        "with from"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "read across"
}

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