reader

[[t]ri͟ːdə(r)[/t]]

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readers

1) N-COUNT The readers of a newspaper, magazine, or book are the people who read it.

If you are a regular reader of Homes & Gardens you will know what an invaluable source of inspiration it is...

These texts give the reader an insight into the Chinese mind.

2) N-COUNT: usu with supp A reader is a person who reads, especially one who reads for pleasure.

Thanks to that job I became an avid reader...

Their books are loved by young readers the world over.

3) N-COUNT A reader is a person who reads books for a publisher in order to give an opinion on whether they should be published or not.

4) N-COUNT In British universities, a reader is a senior lecturer, with a rank just below that of a professor.

John Stevenson is Reader in History at the University of Sheffield.

5) N-COUNT In American universities and colleges, a reader is an assistant to a teacher. Readers' duties include reading and marking examination papers and other work.

6) N-COUNT A reader is a book to help children to learn to read, or to help people to learn a foreign language. It contains passages of text, and often exercises to give practice in reading and writing.