self-reading

self-read·ing

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Definitions of self-reading word

noun self-reading the action or practice of a person who reads. 2
noun self-reading Speech. the oral interpretation of written language. 1
noun self-reading the extent to which a person has read; literary knowledge: a man of wide reading. 1
noun self-reading matter read or for reading: a novel that makes good reading. 1
noun self-reading the form or version of a given passage in a particular text: the various readings of a line in Shakespeare. 1
noun self-reading an instance or occasion in which a text or other matter is read or performed, usually without elaborate preparation and often as a means of testing its merits: The playwright wants to have a reading of the play for prospective producers. 1

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English redyng (gerund), Old English rǣdinge. See read1, -ing1, -ing2

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".