English verb: sight-read | |||
1. | sight-read (creation) perform music from a score without having seen the score before | ||
Samples | He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread. | ||
Synonyms | sightread | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | perform | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | sight-sing, sightsing | ||
Domain category | music | ||