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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 peopleplay

  Familiarity information: SPEECH-READ used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPEECH-READ (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they speech-read  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it speech-reads  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: speech-read  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: speech-read  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: speech-reading  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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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