speed-read


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speed-read

(spēd′rēd′)
v. speed-read (-rĕd′), speed-read·ing, speed-reads
v.tr.
To read (a book, for example) by means of speed-reading.
v.intr.
To practice or engage in speed-reading.

speed′-read′er n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

speed′-read`

or speed′read`,



v.t., v.i. -read (-ˌrɛd) -read•ing.
to read faster than normal, esp. by acquired techniques of skimming and controlled eye movements.
[1960–65]
speed′-read`er, n.
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speed-read


Past participle: speed-read
Gerund: speed-reading

Imperative
speed-read
speed-read
Present
I speed-read
you speed-read
he/she/it speed-reads
we speed-read
you speed-read
they speed-read
Preterite
I speed-read
you speed-read
he/she/it speed-read
we speed-read
you speed-read
they speed-read
Present Continuous
I am speed-reading
you are speed-reading
he/she/it is speed-reading
we are speed-reading
you are speed-reading
they are speed-reading
Present Perfect
I have speed-read
you have speed-read
he/she/it has speed-read
we have speed-read
you have speed-read
they have speed-read
Past Continuous
I was speed-reading
you were speed-reading
he/she/it was speed-reading
we were speed-reading
you were speed-reading
they were speed-reading
Past Perfect
I had speed-read
you had speed-read
he/she/it had speed-read
we had speed-read
you had speed-read
they had speed-read
Future
I will speed-read
you will speed-read
he/she/it will speed-read
we will speed-read
you will speed-read
they will speed-read
Future Perfect
I will have speed-read
you will have speed-read
he/she/it will have speed-read
we will have speed-read
you will have speed-read
they will have speed-read
Future Continuous
I will be speed-reading
you will be speed-reading
he/she/it will be speed-reading
we will be speed-reading
you will be speed-reading
they will be speed-reading
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been speed-reading
you have been speed-reading
he/she/it has been speed-reading
we have been speed-reading
you have been speed-reading
they have been speed-reading
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been speed-reading
you will have been speed-reading
he/she/it will have been speed-reading
we will have been speed-reading
you will have been speed-reading
they will have been speed-reading
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been speed-reading
you had been speed-reading
he/she/it had been speed-reading
we had been speed-reading
you had been speed-reading
they had been speed-reading
Conditional
I would speed-read
you would speed-read
he/she/it would speed-read
we would speed-read
you would speed-read
they would speed-read
Past Conditional
I would have speed-read
you would have speed-read
he/she/it would have speed-read
we would have speed-read
you would have speed-read
they would have speed-read
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
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There have been cries of "where's the plan?" There was a very detailed plan published which was immediatedly discounted by critics who had "speed-read it".
I had 24 hours to speed-read the EL James sensation and even at that, I couldn't get through it fast enough.
As I rode the subway to my fiance's family Passover Seder last year, I speed-read the Passover section of The Jewish Book of Why.
Some MPs complained they had had to stay up all night to speed-read through hundreds of pages, leaving them scarce time to spot any controversial funds.
At the core of being an extraordinary reader is knowing how to speed-read but I hope that I have helped you to recognise that, under this broad heading, there are a whole range of techniques at your disposal.
Unless you can attract the attention of the reader in the first five seconds, as a newspaper tries to, there's a significant danger that your e-mail will go unread or, worse, fall victim to a speed-read and then be sent into electronic oblivion.
When he emerged after nearly three weeks without access to TV or newspapers he seemed quite relaxed, but a look of horror crossed his face when Davina McCall gave him a quick look at some of the recent headlines, and a little gasp of "Oh Dear!" escaped him as he seemed to speed-read the miles of column inches that his antics had generated.
"I skim or speed-read almost all of the shorter articles, skip the feature articles that don't interest me, and always study the photos and read the photo captions, because that's where you usually find out what the less-jaded, more junior editors think is important.