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SIGHT-SING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sight-sing mean?
• SIGHT-SING (verb)
The verb SIGHT-SING has 1 sense:
1. sing from a score without having seen it before
Familiarity information: SIGHT-SING used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sing from a score without having seen it before
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Synonyms:
sight-sing; sightsing
Context example:
This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces
Hypernyms (to "sight-sing" is one way to...):
sight-read; sightread (perform music from a score without having seen the score before)
Domain category:
performing arts (arts or skills that require public performance)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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