speedread

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verb

To read quickly, usually at an accelerated rate or unusually high level of speed while maintaining complete comprehension of the material read.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

verbspeedread (third-person singular simple present speedreads, present participle speedreading, simple past and past participle speedread)

present singular third person speedreads · participle present speedreading · alternative speed-read · alternative speed read

  1. ambitransitiveTo read quickly, usually at an accelerated rate or unusually high level of speed while maintaining complete comprehension of the material read.

    JFK speedreads at his normal 1,200 words per minute, glasses perched on the end of his nose, a study in focus.

    2012, Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Killing Kennedy: The End of Camelot
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    She picks it up and speedreads: Dear Momma, I have always felt that I've disappointed you. I have always tried not to disappoint you. [...]

    1986, Gabrielle Burton, Heartbreak Hotel

    “[...] She remembers everything. She speedreads and remembers everything. She studies very little for very good grades.” “If she studied that little bit more,” Celeste injected tartly, “she'd be at the top of her class. [...]”

    2009, Barbara Delinsky, Together Alone

Origin

Translations

Japanese 速読する
  • 速読する (sokudoku suru)read quickly
Cite this entry
APA

speedread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedread

MLA

“speedread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedread. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “speedread,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedread.

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