readinggerundium / partizip präsens Describes someone or something currently engaged in the act of reading.
The library was quiet except for a few reading students at the back.
La bibliothèque était calme, à l’exception de quelques étudiants lisant au fond.
Synonyme
poring over
devouring (reading eagerly)
Used only attributively (reading lamp, reading material); generally non-gradable.
He switched on the reading lamp beside the armchair.
Il a allumé la lampe de lecture près du fauteuil.