Is a delivered iMessage read?

So I was wondering how I could tell if my iMessage was read by the person I sent it to without turning my read receipts on? I don't think it's possible but it's worth asking. And also what exactly does delivered mean? Does it mean that the person got my message and saw it? Or does it mean that it was delivered to their phone and has yet to be read? What does it mean? Sorry I'm not very iPhone smart!

Delivered means it got to their inbox. Without read receipt you won't know. But remember you can tell if the other person might be doing something when you see the three blue dots for the typing status in iMessage.
Best luck.
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In order for it to show that the other person has read your message, they need to have THEIR read receipts on.
Turning on yours just makes it so that whenever THEY send YOU a message, when you see it THEIR message on THEIR phone will show up as read.
Delivered just means that the message got to them successfully. So they could've read it or not.