See sight read in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_text": "From sight + read, in reference to not being able to rely on muscle memory developed through practice.",
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"singular",
"third-person"
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},
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"form": "sight reading",
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"present"
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"_dis1": "100 0",
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"text": "I can sight read really simple music, but hard pieces need a lot of practice so I don't have to stop and figure out what I'm doing.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal."
],
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[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"perform",
"perform"
],
[
"piece",
"piece"
],
[
"rehearsal",
"rehearsal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) To perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal."
],
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "sight sing"
},
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "sight-translate"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"_dis1": "100 0",
"word": "sightread"
}
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "lukea nuoteista"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "soittaa prima vista"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "jouer à vue"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "déchiffrer"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "vom Blatt spielen"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "blattol"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "lapról olvas"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "suonare a prima vista"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "grać a vista"
},
{
"_dis1": "58 42",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "a vista-läsa"
}
]
},
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"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Video games",
"orig": "en:Video games",
"parents": [
"Games",
"Mass media",
"Software",
"Recreation",
"Culture",
"Media",
"Computing",
"Human activity",
"Society",
"Communication",
"Technology",
"Human behaviour",
"All topics",
"Human",
"Fundamental"
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"To complete a video game level (particularly an autoscroller) while playing it for the first time, without practice."
],
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"video game",
"video game"
],
[
"level",
"level"
],
[
"autoscroller",
"autoscroller"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, video games) To complete a video game level (particularly an autoscroller) while playing it for the first time, without practice."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaɪt ˌɹiːd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaɪt ˌɹɛd/"
}
],
"word": "sight read"
}
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English verbs",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Hungarian translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations"
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "sightreadable"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From sight + read, in reference to not being able to rely on muscle memory developed through practice.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sight reads",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "sight reading",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "sight read",
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"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "sight read",
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"past"
]
}
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},
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "sight sing"
},
{
"word": "sight-translate"
}
],
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{
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"English terms with usage examples",
"en:Music"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "I can sight read really simple music, but hard pieces need a lot of practice so I don't have to stop and figure out what I'm doing.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal."
],
"links": [
[
"music",
"music"
],
[
"perform",
"perform"
],
[
"piece",
"piece"
],
[
"rehearsal",
"rehearsal"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(music) To perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time, without rehearsal."
],
"topics": [
"entertainment",
"lifestyle",
"music"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Video games"
],
"glosses": [
"To complete a video game level (particularly an autoscroller) while playing it for the first time, without practice."
],
"links": [
[
"video game",
"video game"
],
[
"level",
"level"
],
[
"autoscroller",
"autoscroller"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(figuratively, video games) To complete a video game level (particularly an autoscroller) while playing it for the first time, without practice."
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"topics": [
"video-games"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaɪt ˌɹiːd/"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsaɪt ˌɹɛd/"
}
],
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{
"word": "sightread"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "lukea nuoteista"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "soittaa prima vista"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "jouer à vue"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "déchiffrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "vom Blatt spielen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "blattol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "lapról olvas"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "suonare a prima vista"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "grać a vista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to perform a musical piece while reading it for the first time",
"word": "a vista-läsa"
}
],
"word": "sight read"
}
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