SIGHT-READ

Meaning of SIGHT-READ in English

v. To be able to play music without memorization by reading the sheet music and immediately playing it. Experienced, good musicians are expected to be able to sight-read.

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SIGHT-READ — verb (~; ~ing) Etymology: back-formation from sight reader Date: 1903 transitive verb to read (as a foreign language) or perform …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SIGHT-READ — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ verb Etymology: back-formation from sight reading & sight reader transitive verb : to read (as a foreign language) or …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SIGHT-READ — — sight-reader , n. /suyt"reed'/ , v.t., v.i., sight-read /-red/ , sight-reading . to read, play, or sing without previous …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIGHT-READ — verb ( sight-·read -ˌred ; sight-·read·ing -ˌrē-diŋ) Etymology: back-formation from sight reader Date: 1903 transitive verb : to read (as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIGHT-READ — Pronunciation: - ˌ r ē d Function: verb Inflected Form: -read \ - ˌ red \ ; -read · ing …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SIGHT-READ — ■ verb read and perform (music) at sight, without preparation. Derivatives ~er noun
Concise Oxford English vocab
SIGHT-READ — [sight-read] vb -read ; -read.ing [back-formation fr. sight reader] vt (1903): to read (as a foreign language) or perform (music) …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIGHT-READ — sight-|read present BrE AmE ˈsaɪt |riːd ▷ sight-|read past & past participle red ▷ sight-|reader/s riːd ə/z AmE \ - …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SIGHT-READ — verb [ v , vn ] to play or sing written music when you see it for the first time, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGHT-READ — sight-read /ˈsaɪtriːd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle sight-read /-red/) [intransitive and transitive] to play or sing …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIGHT-READ — The form 'sight-read' is used in the present tense, where it is pronounced /saɪt ri:d/ and is the past tense …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGHT-READ — (~s, ~ing) Someone who can ~ can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SIGHT-READ — verb EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ He could sight-read anything without the slightest difficulty, and he immediately understood what was going …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIGHT-READ — {v.} To be able to play music without memorization by reading the sheet music and immediately playing it. * /Experienced, …
Slang English vocab
SIGHT-READ — {v.} To be able to play music without memorization by reading the sheet music and immediately playing it. * /Experienced, …
Словарь английских идиом
SIGHT-READ — гл. играть/петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, текст) с листа играть или петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIGHT-READ — v играть или петь с листа ( по нотам ); читать ( ноты, текст ) с листа he sight-reads in …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIGHT-READ — гл.играть/петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, текст) с листа
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SIGHT READ — (v) петь с листа; читать с листа
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SIGHT-READ — v играть или петь с листа ( по нотам ); читать ( ноты, текст ) с листа he ~s in …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SIGHT-READ — v играть или петь с листа ( по нотам ); читать ( ноты, текст ) с листа he sight-reads in …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SIGHT-READ — гл. играть / петь с листа ( по нотам ) ; читать ( ноты, текст ) с листа
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
SIGHT-READ — гл. играть / петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, текст) с листа
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
SIGHT-READ — _v. играть или петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, текст) с листа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
SIGHT-READ — v. играть или петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, текст) с листа
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
SIGHT-READ — гл. играть/петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, текст) с листа играть или петь с листа (по нотам); читать (ноты, …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIGHT — I. sīt, usu -īd.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English sighth, sith, siht, sight, from Old English sihth, ge …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
READ — I. ˈrēd verb ( read ˈred ; read “ ; reading ˈrēdiŋ, -dēŋ ; reads ˈrēdz) Etymology: Middle English reden …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
READ — (v. t.) To go over, as characters or words, and utter aloud, or recite to one's self inaudibly; to take …
Английский словарь Webster
SIGHT — — sightable , adj. — sighter , n. /suyt/ , n. 1. the power or faculty of seeing; perception of …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
READ — read 1 /reed/ , v. , read /red/ , reading /ree"ding/ , n. v.t. 1. to look at carefully so …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SIGHT — I. ˈsīt noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesiht faculty or act of sight, thing seen; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
READ — I. ˈrēd verb ( read ˈred ; read·ing ˈrē-diŋ) Etymology: Middle English reden to advise, interpret, read, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SIGHT — vi to take aim by a sight. 2. sight ·vt the instrument of seeing; the eye. 3. sight ·vt a …
Webster English vocab
READ — noun rennet. ·see 3d reed. 2. read ·vi to learn by reading. 3. read ·vi to give advice or counsel. …
Webster English vocab
SIGHT — [sight] n [ME, fr. OE gesiht faculty or act of sight, thing seen; akin to OHG gisiht sight, OE seon …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
READ — [read] vb read ; read.ing [ME reden to advise, interpret, read, fr. OE raedan; akin to OHG ratan to advise, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SIGHT — / saɪt; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun ABILITY TO SEE 1. [ U ] the ability to see …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
READ — verb / riːd; NAmE / noun /riːd/ adjective / red/ ■ verb /riːd/ ( read , read /red/) WORDS / …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGHT — I. sight 1 S2 W2 /saɪt/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ sight , ↑ insight , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
READ — I. read 1 S1 W1 /riːd/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle read /red/) [ Word Family: …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
READ — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. read) 1 tr. (also absol.) reproduce mentally or (often foll. by aloud, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SIGHT — n. & v. n. 1 a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
READ — v. & n. v. (past and past part. read) 1 tr. (also absol.) reproduce mentally or (often foll. by aloud, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SIGHT — n. & v. --n. 1. a the faculty of seeing with the eyes (lost his sight). b the act or …
Oxford English vocab
READ — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. read) 1. tr. (also absol.) reproduce mentally or (often foll. by aloud, …
Oxford English vocab
SIGHT — ( sights, sighting, sighted) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Someone’s sight …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
READ — The form 'read' is pronounced /ri:d/ when it is the present tense, and /red/ when it is the past tense …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SIGHT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES an eye test/a sight test ▪ All children starting school are given a sight …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
READ — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a compass bearing/reading (= a direction shown by a compass ) ▪ We took …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SIGHT — (VIEW) [noun] - something that is in someone's viewThe rope marking the end of the race was a welcome sight …
Cambridge English vocab
SIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Anschauung, aim, aim at, airscape, amazement, angle, angle of vision, assumption, astonishing thing, astonishment, atrocity, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIGHT — I. noun 1 ability to see ⇨ See also ↑ eyesight VERB + SIGHT ▪ have ▪ She has very …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
READ — INDEX: 1. to read something 2. to read something quickly 3. to read only parts of something 4. to read …
Longman Activator English vocab
SIGHT — n. 25B6; noun she has excellent sight : EYESIGHT, vision, eyes, faculty of sight, visual perception. her first sight of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
READ — n. 25B6; verb he was reading the newspaper : PERUSE, study, scrutinize, look through; pore over, be absorbed in; run …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SIGHT — n. 1 eyesight, vision, eyes His sight was completely restored by the operation 2 field of view or of vision, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
SIGHT — 1. сущ. 1) зрение near sight ≈ близорукость long sight ≈ дальнозоркость loss of sight ≈ потеря зрения, слепота short …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
READ — I 1. гл. 1) читать, прочитать Can you read French? ≈ Ты умеешь читать по-французски? It was sad to read …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SIGHT — sight.ogg 1. saıt n 1. зрение good bad sight - хорошее плохое зрение long sight - а) дальнозоркость; б) дальновидность …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
READ — read.ogg 1. ri:d n 1. разг. чтение; время, проведённое за чтением to enjoy a good read - наслаждаться чтением интересной …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SIGHT — 1) зрение 2) поле зрения 3) прицел; визир || нацеливать; визировать 4) смотровое отверстие 5) геод. отсчёт, взгляд || брать …
Большой Англо-Русский политехнический словарь
SIGHT — 1) зрение 2) поле зрения 3) прицел; визир || нацеливать; визировать 4) смотровое отверстие 5) геод. отсчёт, взгляд || брать отсчёт, определять взгляд 6) мн. …
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