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lipreading [lip-ree-ding] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another’s lips without hearing the sounds made.
Compare speechreading. Origin of lipreading First recorded in 1870–75; lipread + -ing1 lipread [lip-reed] verb (used with object), lip·read [lip-red] /ˈlɪpˌrɛd/, lip·read·ing [lip-ree-ding] /ˈlɪpˌri dɪŋ/.
- to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker’s lips without hearing the sounds made.
verb (used without object), lip·read [lip-red] /ˈlɪpˌrɛd/, lip·read·ing [lip-ree-ding] /ˈlɪpˌri dɪŋ/.
- to use lipreading.
Compare speechread. Origin of lipread First recorded in 1890–95; lip + read1 Related formslip·read·er, noun Examples from the Web for lip-reading Contemporary Examples of lip-reading
In the early 80s, oralism (an educational technique with heavy emphasis on lip-reading and speech) was quite popular.
This Is What It Is Like To Be Deaf From Birth
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December 23, 2013
Historical Examples of lip-reading
An adept in lip-reading could have seen it to be “Chubbins.”
Harry Leon Wilson
The powerful influence of environment in those schools is against the acquisition of the speech and lip-reading habit.
What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know
John Dutton Wright
In the oral method articulation and lip-reading are chiefly relied upon; reading and writing are also adopted.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10
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Lip-reading is, to the deaf, sign-reading with the disadvantage of being both microscopic and partially hidden.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10
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The misfortunes of the deaf and dumb are greatly lessened by the substitution of lip-reading for other modes of conversation.
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British Dictionary definitions for lip-reading lip-reading noun
- a method used by deaf people to comprehend spoken words by interpreting movements of the speaker’s lipsAlso called: speech-reading
Derived Formslip-reader, noun