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reading across

reading across is the present participle and gerund of read across.

Meaning of read across

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.

Questions about reading across

What is reading across the present participle and gerund of?
Reading across is the present participle and gerund of read across.

Words near reading across in the dictionary

  1. readiment
  2. readin'
  3. readiness
  4. readinesses
  5. reading
  6. reading across
  7. reading age
  8. reading ages
  9. reading along
  10. reading between the lines
  11. reading book

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