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SPEECH-READ
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Dictionary entry overview: What does speech-read mean?
• SPEECH-READ (verb)
The verb SPEECH-READ has 1 sense:
1. interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
Familiarity information: SPEECH-READ used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they speech-read ... he / she / it speech-reads
Past simple: speech-read
Past participle: speech-read
-ing form: speech-reading
... he / she / it speech-reads Past simple: speech-read
Past participle: speech-read
-ing form: speech-reading
Sense 1
Meaning:
Interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Synonyms:
lip-read; lipread; speech-read
Hypernyms (to "speech-read" is one way to...):
read (interpret something that is written or printed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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