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Definition: Read Between The Lines |
Read Between The LinesVerb1. Read what is implied but not expressed on the surface. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Read between the Lines (See under Lines .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Interpretation | Find out; a the meaning; of; read; spell out, make out; decipher, unravel, disentangle; find the key of, enucleate, resolve, solve; read between the lines. |
Latency Implication | Read between the lines. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Read Between The Lines |
| Specialty definitions using "read between the lines": Sly Dog. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Lyrics | To read between the lines (Love In An Elevator; performing artist: Aerosmith) Till I read between the lines (Stoney end; performing artist: Barbra Streisand) And if you read between the lines (If You Could Read My Mind; performing artist: Gordon Lightfoot) But you won't need to read between the lines (For Your Eyes Only; performing artist: Sheena Easton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Read Between the Lines (1987) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Henry James | To read between the lines was easier than to follow the text. |
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Expression using "read between the lines": To read between the lines. Additional references. | |
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| Language | Translations for "read between the lines"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | lukea rivien välistä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | lire entre les lignes. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | sorok között olvas (to read between the lines). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eadray etweenbay ethay ineslay citi printre rânduri (go behind smb.'s words). (various references) читать между строк. (various references) satır aralarını okumak, gizli anlamı çıkarmak, denmek isteneni anlamak, altındaki anlamı çıkarmak. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Expressions 6. Translations: Modern 7. Bibliography |
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