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Read out meaning

Read out is a phrasal verb that means to read something to other people so that they can hear it.

Past simple
read out
Past participle
read out
-ing form
reading out

What read out means

B2

To read something to other people so that they can hear it

The teacher read out the results.

Similar phrasal verbs

With read: read something into something, read over, read up.

With out: go out, find out, sort out, run out, take out, get out, hand out, check out, look out, ask out.

Common questions

What does read out mean?

To read something to other people so that they can hear it.

What is the past tense of read out?

Read out, which is also its past participle.

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