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read across

read across verb: to draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon.

Verb

read across (third-person singular simple present reads across, present participle reading across, simple past and past participle read across)

  1. (transitive) To draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon.
    • You're reading across from one case to another in a different legal context entirely.

Forms of read across

third-person singular presentreads across
present participlereading across
past participleread across
pastread across

Questions about read across

What does read across mean?
Read across means to draw a conclusion about one phenomenon based on another phenomenon.
What part of speech is read across?
Read across is a verb.
What is the past tense of read across?
The past tense of read across is read across.

Words near read across in the dictionary

  1. reacylating
  2. reacylation
  3. reacylations
  4. read
  5. read 'em and weep
  6. read across
  7. read along
  8. read between the lines
  9. read count
  10. read counts
  11. read dating

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