Reading (disambiguation)

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

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

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