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Read off means to say aloud what is written or displayed, typically going through a list or series of items: She read off the names of the winners.
The phrase suggests moving through information sequentially, often for others to hear or record: He read off the measurements while I wrote them down.
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Read off means to say aloud what is written or displayed, typically going through a list or series of items: She read off the names of the winners.
The phrase suggests moving through information sequentially, often for others to hear or record: He read off the measurements while I wrote them down.
1. enumerate — list, Sequence of recorded items; recite (Speak from memory); call out (Publicly confront or summon); announce (State something officially); dictate · run through · itemize · catalog · tally · inventory · tabulate · detail · specify · number
2. recite — announce, State something officially; declare (State officially); deliver (Transport to recipient); proclaim (Declare officially and openly); pronounce · report · state · narrate · speak · verbalize · vocalize · voice · broadcast · present
source of speechread off ≠ recite Speak from memory; improvise · ad-lib · extemporize · wing it · freestyle
data recording directionread off ≠ write down Record in text; record · enter · input · log · key in
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Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/read_off