What does "well read" mean?

[wiredspider]

Anyone know what it means? I kinda though it meant someone who knows stuff well or something, my english teacher said it was someone who read alot.

 

[khtm]

"well read" usually means someone that has a lot of "knowledge" in a particular topic.

Ex. He's well read in nuclear physics.

I may be wrong, of course

-khtm-

 

[StageLeft]

It is somebody who has read a lot. If somebody knows an awful lot about a lot of things they probably got this info from books, so they are well read.

 

[arigato]

I would say it means someone who is very knowledgable..

 

[notfred]

Judging by this post - you're not well read.

Well read: someone who knows a lot about literature is regarded as well read. If you can quote lines from Hamlet, or Charles Dickens, you're probably well-read.

 

[khtm]

From dictionary.com

"Knowledgeable through having read extensively."

Done and done.

-khtm-

 

[wiredspider]

Couldn't find well read in my dictonary, cheap dictonary.... Makes more sense now that you add knowledgable in. Guess that might have been what he meant. Thanks guys!

 

[Jfur]

<< It is somebody who has read a lot. If somebody knows an awful lot about a lot of things they probably got this info from books, so they are well read. >>



Skoorb is right -- it is someone who has read a lot of different things and who has acquired this knowledge through voracious and diverse reading habits

 

[Grminalac]

Being well read is more than having read a lot of books. A person that is "well read" should have an understanding of the classics and how they shaped the literature of today.

 

[Cyberian]

<< Being well read is more than having read a lot of books. A person that is "well read" should have an understanding of the classics and how they shaped the literature of today. >>


That would be a worthy goal, but I don't think the term applies only to literature.
Can't someone be 'well read' in Russian History or Nuclear Physics?

 

[khtm]

<< That would be a worthy goal, but I don't think the term applies only to literature.
Can't someone be 'well read' in Russian History or Nuclear Physics? >>



Yes, someone can be "well read" in Russion History or Nuclear Physics. The term DOES NOT apply only to literature.

-khtm-

 

[notfred]

<<

<< That would be a worthy goal, but I don't think the term applies only to literature.
Can't someone be 'well read' in Russian History or Nuclear Physics? >>



Yes, someone can be "well read" in Russion History or Nuclear Physics. The term DOES NOT apply only to literature.

-khtm- >>



But it's most often used with literature.

 

[Geforcekj]

<--------- well read

 

[compudog]

I like that! Jfur has it!



<< Skoorb is right -- it is someone who has read a lot of different things and who has acquired this knowledge through <U>voracious and diverse</U> reading habits >>

 

[Juniper]

Couldn't find well read in my dictonary, cheap dictonary....

Maybe its those kind of dictionary that adds on. You find something new, you add to the dictionary.

 

[WillyF1uhm1]

<< Originally posted by notfred
Judging by this post - you're not well read.
Well read: someone who knows a lot about literature is regarded as well read. If you can quote lines from Hamlet, or Charles Dickens, you're probably well-read. >>



Hamlet:
To be or not to be, that is the question

Charles Dickens, Oliver Twist:
Bow to the board

So I'm well read, eh?

 

[Azraele]

<---Well read.