"read in" meaning in English

See read in in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-read in.ogg Forms: reads in [present, singular, third-person], reading in [participle, present], read in [participle, past], read in [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|read<,,read> in}} read in (third-person singular simple present reads in, present participle reading in, simple past and past participle read in)
  1. (transitive) To accept as input. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-read_in-en-verb-CwHZndxj
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To allow access to classified information. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-read_in-en-verb-onzIdxUU
  3. (law) To judicially insert an official legal interpretation into a statute Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-read_in-en-verb-qHtJ-Yi8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "in", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 28 46 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "in": 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 31 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 14 76 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: read oneself in

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "reads in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reading in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "read in",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The computer reads in a program file from disk and executes the contents.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept as input."
      ],
      "id": "en-read_in-en-verb-CwHZndxj",
      "links": [
        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ],
        [
          "input",
          "input"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To accept as input."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "― What is this?\n― I can tell you what this isn't. This isn't me reading you in, Bernard.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow access to classified information."
      ],
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        ],
        [
          "access",
          "access"
        ],
        [
          "classified",
          "classified"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To allow access to classified information."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Law",
          "orig": "en:Law",
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            "Justice",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
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        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "10 14 76",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        "To judicially insert an official legal interpretation into a statute"
      ],
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        [
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        ],
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          "statute"
        ]
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        "(law) To judicially insert an official legal interpretation into a statute"
      ],
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        "law"
      ]
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      "form": "reads in",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "reading in",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "read in",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "read in",
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    }
  ],
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The computer reads in a program file from disk and executes the contents.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To accept as input."
      ],
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        [
          "accept",
          "accept"
        ],
        [
          "input",
          "input"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To accept as input."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "― What is this?\n― I can tell you what this isn't. This isn't me reading you in, Bernard.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To allow access to classified information."
      ],
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        [
          "allow",
          "allow"
        ],
        [
          "access",
          "access"
        ],
        [
          "classified",
          "classified"
        ],
        [
          "information",
          "information"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, transitive) To allow access to classified information."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "en:Law"
      ],
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        "To judicially insert an official legal interpretation into a statute"
      ],
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          "law",
          "law#English"
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          "statute",
          "statute"
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        "(law) To judicially insert an official legal interpretation into a statute"
      ],
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        "law"
      ]
    }
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    }
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