read into

/ riːd /

verb

1. (tr, preposition) to discern in or infer from a statement (meanings not intended by the speaker or writer)

Idioms and Phrases

Find an additional hidden or unintended meaning in something that is said or written, as in What I read into that speech on foreign policy is that the Vice President plans to run for President. [Late 1800s]

Related Words

• ascertain 
• assume 
• construe 
• deduce 
• derive 
• figure out 
• glean 
• guess 
• interpret 
• presume 
• presuppose 
• reckon 
• speculate 
• surmise