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general::
noun ADJ. careful, competent, fast, fluent, good | alert, attentive Alert readers may have noticed the misprint in last week's column. | discerning, sophisticated | poor, slow | avid, great, voracious | omnivorous | regular regular readers of this magazine | casual | adult, female, male, women, young | specialist | general, non-specialist a book that will be too difficult for the general reader | Daily Express, Guardian, etc. | tabloid PREP. ~ of a voracious reader of science fiction
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general::
reader
adjectives
a slow/fast reader
• Her son was quite a slow reader.
a good reader
• He's not a good reader but he wants to try a new story.
a poor reader
(= someone who is not good at reading )
• All these students had been judged to be poor readers.
a great reader
(= someone who reads a lot of books )
• My father was a great reader.
an avid/voracious reader
(= someone who eagerly reads a lot of books )
• She was an avid reader of historical novels.
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