Meanings
present singular third person speedreads · participle present speedreading · alternative speed-read · alternative speed read
- 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 Camelot2 more examples
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
speedread. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/speedread
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