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reading knowledge

noun [S or U]
 
 

Definition

the ability to read a language, but not to speak it: I've got a good reading knowledge of Spanish.Reading
(Definition of reading knowledge noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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