read
vt 1 soma ~ a news paper soma gazeti. 2 tamka; soma kwa sauti. 3 soma; jifunza he is ~ing physics anasoma fizikia you had better ~ the subject up inakubidi ujifunze somo hili. 4 fasili/fafanua ~ a dream fasiri/agua ndoto. 5 onekana, toa picha (kama ni zuri) inaposomwa the play ~s better than it acts mchezo ni mzuri zaidi kuusoma kuliko kuuona jukwaani. 6 chukulia kuwa ndivyo; fasili silence mustn't be ~ as consent kimya kisichukuliwe mara zote kama makubaliano. ~ into tia chumvi. ~ between the lines tafuta au gundua maana iliyojificha; fasiri. 7 (of instruments) onyesha what does the clock ~ saa inaonyesha ni saa ngapi? 8 bembeleza usingizi kwa kusoma. 9 (pp with an adv) well ~ msomi mno n nafasi iliyotumiwa kwa kusoma reader n 1 msomaji he is not much of a ~er yeye si msomaji sana. publisher's ~er msomaji/mpitiaji mswada. 2 (GB) profesa mshiriki; kitabu cha kusoma darasani; mfasiri. 3 kitabu cha kiada supplementary ~er kitabu cha ziada he was having a quiet ~er alikuwa anasoma kwa utulivu. readership n 1 (GB) uprofesa-mshiriki. 2 (of periodical) wasomaji. reading n 1 usomaji. ~ing glasses n miwani ya kusomea. ~ing lamp n taa ya kusomea. ~ing room/library n chumba cha kusomea/ maktaba. 2 maarifa (hasa ya vitabu) a man of wide ~ ing mtu aliyesoma maarifa mengi. 3 kiasi temperature ~ing was 40 degrees centigrade hali ya joto ilikuwa nyuzi 40oC. 4 fasili/ufafanuzi you are ~ing it wrongly unaifasili vibaya. 5 usomaji wa kutumbuiza. play-~ing n ukariri kwa kikundi mchezo ulioandaliwa. 6 (GB parliament) mapitio ya mswada kabla ya kupitishwa. 7 maandishi. (compounds) ~ing book n kitabu cha kujifunzia kusoma; kitabu cha kusoma. readable adj nayo someka, -enye kusomeka. readability n.