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101sight-read — verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread • Syn: ↑sightread • Derivationally related forms: ↑sightreader (for: ↑sightread) • …
102sight unseen — adverb : without inspection or opportunity of appraisal can t expect him to buy such an expensive place sight unseen * * * sight unseen : without seeing or examining something They bought the house sight unseen. [=they bought the house without… …
103sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …
104sight for sore eyes — {n. phr.}, {informal} A welcome sight. * /After our long, dusty hike, the pond was a sight for sore eyes./ * / Jack! You re a sight for sore eyes! / …
105sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …
106sight for sore eyes — {n. phr.}, {informal} A welcome sight. * /After our long, dusty hike, the pond was a sight for sore eyes./ * / Jack! You re a sight for sore eyes! / …
107sight — See: at first glance or at first sight, at sight or on sight, catch sight of, heave in sight, lose sight of, on sight, set one s sights …
108sight-read — UK [ˈsaɪt ˌriːd] / US [ˈsaɪt ˌrɪd] verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms sight read : present tense I/you/we/they sight read he/she/it sight reads present participle sight reading past tense sight read UK [ˈsaɪt red] / US [ˈsaɪt ˌred] past… …
109sight-read — verb (sight read; sight reading) Etymology: back formation from sight reader Date: 1903 transitive verb to read (as a foreign language) or perform (music) without previous preparation or study intransitive verb to read at sight; especially to… …
110sight reader — noun : one who reads at sight something that ordinarily requires previous study; specifically : a musician who can read or perform music at first sight of the score * * * sight reader, a person who is skilled in or capable of sight reading music… …
