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sight-read

[sahyt-reed]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -read [-red] , -read⋅ing.
to read, play, or sing without previous practice, rehearsal, or study of the material to be treated: to sight-read music; to sight-read another language.

Origin:
1900–05


sight-reader, noun
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sight-read   (sīt'rēd')
v.   sight-read (-rěd'), sight-read·ing, sight-reads

v.   tr.
To read or perform (music, for example) without preparation or prior acquaintance.
v.   intr.
To read or perform something on sight without preparation or prior acquaintance.
sight'-read'er n.
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