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noun

noun: reader; plural noun: readers; noun: Reader; plural noun: Readers

1.

a person who reads or who is fond of reading.

"she's an avid reader"

a person who reads a particular newspaper, magazine, or text.

"Guardian readers"

a person entitled to use a particular library.

a person who reads and reports to a publisher or producer on the merits of manuscripts submitted for publication or production, or who provides critical comments on the text.

a proofreader.

short for lay reader.

2.

a person who inspects and records the figure indicated on a measuring instrument.

"a meter reader"

3.

a book containing extracts of a text or texts, designed to give learners of a language practice in reading.

4.

British

a university lecturer of the highest grade below professor.

"Dr Gardiner is Reader in Mathematics"

5.

a device that produces on a screen a magnified, readable image of a microfiche or microfilm.

Computing

a device or piece of software used for reading or obtaining data stored on tape, cards, or other media.

Examples of reader in a Sentence

The book's ending leaves readers to draw their own conclusions.

a magazine with three million readers

Recent Examples on the Web

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But parents of the most avid and successful readers don’t save reading for bedtime.

—Maya Payne Smart, Contributor, CNBC, 19 Apr. 2025

Stop by readers' favorite The Floyd Country Store in Virginia to experience their Friday Night Jamboree in all its glory.

—Katherine Polcari, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2025

Those documents gave curious readers more details about Cold War-era covert U.S. operations in other nations, but did not initially lend credence to long-circulating conspiracy theories about who killed JFK.

—Josh Funk and Haya Panjwani, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2025

In 2009, The New York Times asked readers to weigh in on how their dating lives had changed due to the recession.

—Myisha Battle, Time, 18 Apr. 2025

The book's ending leaves readers to draw their own conclusions.

In our Student of the Week poll, readers pick the best of the best.

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The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024

Well, many of our readers spoke of the Bible and Shakespeare.

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Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 31 July 2023

Keep in Mind The font can be too small for some readers.

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L. Daniela Alvarez, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2024

Check back in mid-May to find out who won the reader poll.

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Time, 26 Apr. 2022

And please, reader, resist reading the back of the book.

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ELLE, 28 Apr. 2023

Think about what will make readers want to come to your site.

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John Hall, Forbes, 7 May 2023

To all our readers who stuck with us for the wild ride that was 2024, thank you.

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Craig Nakano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024

The goal should be to ensure the reader sees themselves in the case study.

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Expert Panel®, Forbes, 10 Nov. 2022

The first reader who names the spot gets a shout-out in the newsletter.

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Jessica Boehm, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024

This recipe was a hit with our Test Kitchen pros and readers.

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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2024

For the true-blue reader, this book-full-of-books is a gift and proof of a rare talent.

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Nina Renata Aron, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022

Who is the reader to whom the last letter is addressed?

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Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022

The trick is not to give it away [without] cheating the reader.

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Lauren Daley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022

The reader is willing to go with you for that distance.

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Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 17 Mar. 2024

The left side of the case has an SD card reader, and the right side has a Kensington lock slot.

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Dallas News, 29 Dec. 2022

Last week, 72% of readers who took the quiz got eight or more questions right.

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Alexandra Banner, CNN, 21 June 2024

The title of Korelitz’s twisty thriller feels like a wink to the reader.

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The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2022

Of the deals proposed by our readers, the Quinn one is more appealing to me.

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Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025

To strip it right down, and make the scenes really intense, and just place the reader there.

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John Self, Washington Post, 3 July 2024

Each square on the board was a call to arms for any avid reader, a taunt to finish one more space, one more book.

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Samantha Grobman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022

Just as readers learn about the world from the news, so journalists learn from their sources.

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Fergus McIntosh, The New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2025

Now there’s kind of an abundance that’s amazing to be in the landscape of, just as a reader.

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Rebecca Sacks, ELLE, 16 June 2022

Vote below, and check back on Friday to see which one Vogue readers crowned the best.

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Christian Allaire, Vogue, 5 May 2024

Adapted to the needs of a broad range of readers, 1984 took on a life beyond its author and its pages.

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Anne Wallentine, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2024

There will be two winners this year: one chosen by our judges and one by the readers.

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Flip Putthoff, Arkansas Online, 16 May 2023

And of course, there are the requisite closed captions, a screen reader, and much more.

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Steven Aquino, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024

Franklin is a reader and writer of comics, sci-fi and fiction from San Diego.

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Toby Franklin, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Dec. 2022

The publication then asked readers to vote for their top picks.

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Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 26 Mar. 2025

Mancuso said sap slow readers and dendrometers are used to monitor the health of the trees and plants.

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