TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

  

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TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

Definition: TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

1. To infer something different from what is plainly indicated; to detect the real meaning as distinguished from the apparent meaning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Usage: TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

DomainUsage

Lyrics

To read between the lines (Love In An Elevator; performing artist: Aerosmith)

But you won't need to read between the lines (For Your Eyes Only; performing artist: Sheena Easton)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

AuthorQuotation

Henry James

To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES

Language Translations for "TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

sorok között olvas. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay eadray etweenbay ethay ineslay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      52 45 41 44      42 45 54 57 45 45 4E      54 48 45      4C 49 4E 45 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01010010 01000101 01000001 01000100 00100000 01000010 01000101 01010100 01010111 01000101 01000101 01001110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01001100 01001001 01001110 01000101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#82 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#32 &#66 &#69 &#84 &#87 &#69 &#69 &#78 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#76 &#73 &#78 &#69 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0052 0045 0041 0044      0042 0045 0054 0057 0045 0045 004E      0054 0048 0045      004C 0049 004E 0045 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449252393538236395457393948254423924643483953

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Modern
3. Quotations: Familiar
4. Translations: Modern
5. Orthography
6. Bibliography


  

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