| VERB | creation | sightread, sight-read | perform music from a score without having seen the score before |
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| Meaning | Perform music from a score without having seen the score before. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread" | |
| Synonym | sight-read | |
| Category | music | musical activity (singing / singing / singing or whistling etc.) |
| Narrower | sightsing, sight-sing | sing from a score without having seen it before |
| Broader | perform | Give a performance (of something) |
| Spanish | leer | |
| Catalan | llegir | |
| Nouns | sightreader | a performer who reads without preparation or prior acquaintance (as in music) |
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