Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A method of reading rapidly by assimilating several words or phrases at a glance or by skimming.
WordNet 3.0
- n. reading at speeds significantly faster than normal
Examples
“For instance, right now he is reading a book that my (wonderful, delightful, speed-reading) intern passed along to me.”
“Physicians who accept Medicaid often feel pressured to increase patient turnover by speed-reading records, keeping conversation to a minimum and quickly offering a prescription or tests.”
The Huffington Post: Maggie Kozel, M.D.: Why Medicaid Cuts Harm Us All
“The device was later used to teach speed-reading techniques.”
A Book is Just a Very Long Text Message, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“By the time the third volume was delivered to stores, in July 1999 in the U.K. and two months later in the United States, publication was a news-leading event, timed for midnight, with teams of journalists speed-reading until dawn to provide reviews for the final edition.”
“A speed-reading course can double your reading speed.”
“This book is also a reminder that the satisfaction of working through even a relatively short book comes in part through confronting digressions, dead ends and distractions: the hallmarks of conversation between friends, not of Internet speed-reading.”
“But dyslexia has advantages because "you learn to read people" and she's adept at speed-reading because she's always scanned a page for the essence of the information rather than struggling through the words.”
The Guardian: Former Ofsted head takes on private education provider
“Given that the Booker is at heart a speed-reading contest for judges – 100-odd novels to read in a couple of months – it is not surprising that those poor unfortunates faced with the task favour books that can be tackled in a few swift hours.”
The Guardian: Great literature will live on with or without a prize | Observer editorial
“Slow Reading by John Miedema, published by Litwin Books, LLC: In the face of ever-increasing demands for speed-reading of volumes of information fragments, some readers are choosing to slow down.”
“When I sat down to read sections from The Logic of Maps and Dreaming, my voice no longer quaked, my hands no longer shook and I abandoned the speed-reading.”
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