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Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.

Reading also commonly refers to Reading, Berkshire, a town in England.

The common noun or verb reading (pronounced as /ˈriːdɪŋ/) or the proper noun Reading (pronounced as /ˈrɛdɪŋ/) may also refer to:

Common noun or verb

• Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters
  • Readings of kanji in Japanese
• Reading (computer), an action performed by computers, to acquire data from a source
• Reading (legislature), the mechanism by which a bill is introduced to a legislature
• Divination, gaining insight through interpretation of omens or supernatural indicators
• Psychic reading, an attempt to discern information through clairvoyance
• Dramatic reading, a dramatic art, also known as oral interpretation and interpretive reading

Art

• The Reading (Fantin-Latour), an 1877 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour
• The Reading (Manet), a c. 1865-1873 painting by Édouard Manet

Businesses and organisations

• Reading School, a British grammar school
• University of Reading, a British university
• Reading Power Station, in Tel Aviv, Israel
• Reading Works, a former factory in Pennsylvania, U.S.
• Reading Company, also called Reading Railroad and Reading Lines, an American company

Events

• Battle of Reading (871)
• Battle of Reading (1688)
• Siege of Reading (1642–1643)
• Reading and Leeds Festivals

People

• Reading (surname)
• John of Reading (died 1346), theologian
• Marquess of Reading, a title in peerage of the UK since 1926, including Earl of Reading, Baron Reading, Viscount Reading
  • Marchioness of Reading (disambiguation), wife of the Marquess
• Bishop of Reading, Anglican suffragan bishop in Diocese of Oxford since 1889

Places

United Kingdom

• Reading, Berkshire
  • Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, area defined by the UK Office for National Statistics
  • Reading (UK Parliament constituency) (1295–1950 and 1955–1974)
  • Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
  • Reading North (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
  • Reading South (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
  • Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
  • HM Prison Reading, in Reading, Berkshire, England

United States

• Reading, Kansas
• Reading, Massachusetts
• Reading, Michigan
• Reading, Minnesota
• Reading, Missouri
• Reading, New York
• Reading, Ohio, a city in Hamilton County
• Reading, Columbiana County, Ohio
• Reading, Pennsylvania
• Reading, Vermont
• North Reading, Massachusetts
• Port Reading, New Jersey
• Reading Township (disambiguation)
• West Reading, Pennsylvania

Other places

• Reading, Jamaica

Ships

• HMS Reading (G71), a Royal Navy destroyer ship formerly USS Bailey
• USS Reading, a U.S. Navy frigate

Sport

• Reading F.C., an English football club
• Reading Hockey Club, an English field hockey club
• Reading R.F.C., an English rugby team
• Reading Racers, an English speedway team
• Reading Town F.C., a defunct English football club
• Reading Fightin Phils, an American baseball team
• Reading (United States Baseball League), a 1912 team

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Reading
• All pages with titles containing Reading
• Reading station (disambiguation)
• Read (disambiguation)
• Redding (disambiguation)
• Baron Astley of Reading, a title in peerage of England (1644–1688)
• Learning to read
• Measurement

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