(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
The ~s of a newspaper, magazine, or book are the people who read it.
These texts give the ~ an insight into the Chinese mind.
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2.
A ~ is a person who reads, especially one who reads for pleasure.
Thanks to that job I became an avid ~...
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3.
A ~ 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.
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