Word.ws English Dictionary

read for

read for verb: to study for a degree or an examination.

Verb

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

  1. To study for a degree or an examination.
  2. To read or examine a text in order to locate a specific piece of information.
  3. To audition for a specific acting role by reading from a play or script.

Forms of read for

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

Questions about read for

What does read for mean?
Read for means to study for a degree or an examination.
What part of speech is read for?
Read for is a verb.
What is the past tense of read for?
The past tense of read for is read for.

Words near read for in the dictionary

  1. read along
  2. read between the lines
  3. read count
  4. read counts
  5. read dating
  6. read for
  7. read for press
  8. read head
  9. read heads
  10. read in
  11. read into

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: read for (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “read for.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/read_for. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.