noun
reader
REE-der/ˈriːdər/
A person who reads written material.
The reader sits with a stack of well-used books.
Etymology
The person-forming suffix attached to a verb that included both interpreting and reading. A reader could therefore be a counselor or interpreter, while the written-word sense already included someone who read aloud to others.
In context
the receiver or reader of of what was encoded will have to decode what was encoded
More examples
- The article asks readers to consider a different view.
- She has been an eager reader since childhood.
- A careful reader noticed the repeated sentence.
Forms
reader · readers
read verb — understand written material
Similar words
- reader of books
- A more explicit description.
- audience
- The people receiving a work collectively.