"speed reading" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} speed reading (uncountable)
  1. The skill of reading a text at a faster speed than average while still maintaining comprehension of the material that is read. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: speedreading Translations (the skill of reading a text quickly): lecture rapide [feminine] (French), gyorsolvasás (Hungarian), lettura rapida [feminine] (Italian), 速読 (sokudoku) (alt: そくどく) (Japanese), 速読術 (sokudokujutsu) (Japanese), скорочте́ние (skoročténije) [neuter] (Russian), snabbläsning [common-gender] (Swedish), швидкочита́ння (švydkočytánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-speed_reading-en-noun-TRQcHwmr

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} speed reading
  1. present participle and gerund of speed read Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: speed read Related terms: speed teaching
    Sense id: en-speed_reading-en-verb-uPf-QeMU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87

Alternative forms

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