read off



read something off

to read aloud from a list. Nick read the list of the names off, and I wasn't on the list. Jane read off the names.
See also: off, read

read off

v.
1. To read aloud some items in a list, one by one: Could you read off the last four digits of the number again? As I read your name off, please come up to the stage and collect your certificate.
2. To read some information that is printed or displayed on something: The nurse read off my temperature from the thermometer. I read the number off the box.
See also: off, read

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Adenauer['a:dənauə]
Lucila-Spanish
ÉImhearEE-murIrish, Irish Mythology
SeÁNSHAWNIrish
Kenneth['keniθ]
Kyung-Heegyung-heeKorean