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]

Example Sentences

Historian Subhadra Das agrees: "This is what scientists do. There are hundreds of long-dead people who have had their DNA sampled, it's a common practice in science and archaeology – it's how we read into it that starts to become problematic."

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Mr. Roberts’s first move was to dump his chief of staff who wrote the statement he read into the camera.

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Getting a clear read into the health of the labor market is a tough task as of late.

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Whatever you want to read into that regarding cultural shifts in America in 2025, its surprising that such a rock-solid piece of songwriting didn’t get nominated for Song or Record, though Warren did turn up for New Artist.

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What can you read into the Premier League table after 10 games?

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Related Words

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