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SIGHTREAD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Perform music from a score without having seen the score before

Example:

He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread

Synonyms:

sight-read; sightread

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "sightread" is one way to...):

perform (give a performance (of something))

Domain category:

music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sightread"):

sight-sing; sightsing (sing from a score without having seen it before)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sightreader (a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music))

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