reader

noun

ˈrē-dər How to pronounce reader (audio)
Definition of readernext
as in compilation
a collection of writings I picked up a book entitled "An Emerson Reader" because it contained one or two of his essays I hadn't read before

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Recent Examples of reader Police said officers used the department’s Drone as First Responder program and the city’s automatic license plate reader system to track the suspect vehicle. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2026 New York Giants coach John Harbaugh is answering readers’ leadership questions all season. — Torrey Hart, New York Times, 31 July 2026 Zen Labs also collects reader success stories from people who used the program to lose weight or return to activity after injury. — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026 Below is my full review of Hotel Wailea, voted the best hotel in Hawaii by T+L readers in 2026. — Ronee Uyeshiro, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for reader
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  1. compilation
  2. anthology
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  • A little more than two months ago, Katy Perry released her first greatest hits compilation, The Ones That Got the Plays.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Below, a compilation of some celebrity kids who have dropped their parents’ last names.
    — Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of compilation
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  • All three ladies star in Ryan Murphy’s anthology series, American Horror Story, with season 13 set to return to FX this fall.
    — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • And an anthology spinoff issue, a Halloween Special with talents such as James Tynion IV and Tony Fleecs, is being published in October.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 25 July 2026
Definition of anthology

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“Reader.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/reader. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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