"read off" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: reads off [present, singular, third-person], reading off [participle, present], read off [participle, past], read off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|read<,,read> off}} read off (third-person singular simple present reads off, present participle reading off, simple past and past participle read off)
  1. (transitive) To dictate from a list, especially in a way focused on sequential processing. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Talking Translations (dictate from a list): läsa upp (Swedish), ropa upp (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-read_off-en-verb-WK1~Jkjz Disambiguation of Talking: 50 9 41 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English phrasal verbs with particle (off), English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 12 25 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 18 36 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (off): 57 12 31 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 47 18 35 Disambiguation of 'dictate from a list': 74 19 7
  2. (transitive) To read from a scale or measure. Tags: transitive Translations (read from a scale): aflæse (Danish), leolvas (Hungarian), läsa av (Swedish), avläsa (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-read_off-en-verb-iBeUn~zx Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of 'read from a scale': 24 74 1
  3. (transitive, US, military, slang) To scold or reprimand. Tags: US, slang, transitive Categories (topical): Military, Talking
    Sense id: en-read_off-en-verb-ZSmbVPJ3 Disambiguation of Talking: 50 9 41 Categories (other): American English, English links with manual fragments Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for read off meaning in English (4.4kB)

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      "sense": "dictate from a list",
      "word": "läsa upp"
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      "word": "läsa av"
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      "sense": "read from a scale",
      "word": "avläsa"
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