Showing results for Reade. Search instead for Readept.

Reade

American

[reed] / rid /

noun

Charles, 1814–84, English novelist.

Reade British

/ riːd /

noun

Charles . 1814–84, English novelist: author of The Cloister and the Hearth (1861), a historical romance

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Joe Reade from the Mull Campus working group told BBC Radio's Good Morning Scotland programme that being forced to send children off the island to board for school is an "arcane" thing to do.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

You know it’s a stacked week on “Saturday Night Live” when a new John Mulaney-led Duane Reade at the Port Authority Bus Terminal musical sketch is only about the fifth-most important thing to discuss.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2024

Once the Duane Reade and Rite Aid in my neighborhood fill their shelves with bags of assorted candies, I can't help but grab one or two.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

Former Masthead owner Reade Brower retained ownership of several weeklies that weren’t part of the deal.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 1, 2023

I bet you could even get a new car at certain Duane Reade locations.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023