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lip-reader

Meaning of "lip-reader" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LIP-READER

ˈlɪpriːdə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LIP-READER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lip-Reader is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LIP-READER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lip-reader in the English dictionary

The definition of lip-reader in the dictionary is someone who interprets or has the ability to interpret by lip-reading.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LIP-READER

acceder · Blida · Breda · breeder · cedar · ceder · cheerleader · conceder · feeder · leader · Leda · newsreader · nonbreeder · Ouida · proofreader · querida · reader · reeder · sight-reader · speeder

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LIP-READER

lip · lip balm · lip gloss · lip microphone · lip out · lip pencil · lip salve · lip service · lip-read · lip-reading · lip-smacking · lip-sync · lip-synch · lipa · lipaemia · Lipari Islands · liparite · lipase · Lipchitz · lipe

WORDS THAT END LIKE LIP-READER

beader · card reader · community leader · deader · double-header · e-reader · floor leader · follow-the-leader · header · kneader · loader · market leader · palm reader · party leader · project leader · ringleader · Scout Leader · spreader · squadron leader · team leader · world leader

Synonyms and antonyms of lip-reader in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lip-reader» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LIP-READER

Find out the translation of lip-reader to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lip-reader from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lip-reader» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

唇读
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

lector de labios
570 millions of speakers
en

English

lip-reader
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

होंठ पाठक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشفاه القارئ
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

губы - читатель
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

- leitor lábio
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ঠোঁট-রিডার
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

lèvre lecteur
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Pembaca bibir
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Lippenleser
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

リップリーダー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

입술 리더
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Lip-reader
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

lip- reader
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

லிப்-ரீடர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ओठ-वाचक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Dudak-okuyucu
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

lip -reader
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

lip- czytnik
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

губи - читач
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

cititor pe buze
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

lip - reader
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lip - leser
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lip - läsare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

leppe - leser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lip-reader

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LIP-READER»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lip-reader

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LIP-READER»

Discover the use of lip-reader in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lip-reader and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Lip Reader
Lip Reader features a colorful cast of charactersan unkempt uncle living in a school bus; a grandfather who preaches in a rundown church; a grandmother born deaf; an aunt fluent in sign language but lacking in social graces; and Sapphie, ...
Shanna Groves, 2009
2
Language, Cognition, and Deafness
Given, therefore, a fragmented and ambiguous input, how does the lip-reader proceed to reconstruct the original message? As we noted earlier, the lip-reader does have access to significant nonlabial cues to meaning: amplified residual ...
Michael Rodda, Carl Grove, 2013
3
Computerworld
By Jay Woodruff CW Staff RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Deaf persons can go through life at an educational disadvantage because even an expert lip reader can understand only one word in three. What's more, a person deaf from birth ...
4
The Modern Law of Evidence
An expert lip-reader who has viewed a video or CCTV recording of a person talking, may give expert opinion evidence as to what was said, notwithstanding that such evidence is always, to some extent, unreliable, because not all words can ...
Adrian Keane, Paul McKeown, 2012
5
Stonehenge
Next door, in Ray Bull's office the lip reader stops jotting down notes and shuts off the video. Ray Bull, sitting at his desk, looks up sharply from his paperwork. " Done?" he asks. The lip reader responds, "The woman asked about a name, a true ...
Massimo Franceschini, 2009
6
The Silent Cry: Lost Among the Hearing
More examples are the speaker has a foreign accent; the lip reader is not familiar with the language structure of spoken English, the speaker is not well- lighted, the lip reader must look into a glare or light and finally the lip reader has poor ...
Margaret A. Pitts, 2003
7
Lip-Reading
When this intuitive, synthetic power is highly developed, the "natural-born" lip- reader is the result. I feel sure, from what is known of the men, that Prescott, the historian, would have easily learned lip-reading, while the analytical Bancroft would ...
Edward B. Nitchie, 2007
8
Acquisition Reversal: The Effects of Postlingual Deafness in ...
T describes herself as an expert lip-reader. Lip reading is the ability to understand speech through memorizing lip, tongue, and jaw movements and recognizing key speech sounds that particular movements will make. By using eyes instead of ...
Olanike Ola Orie, 2012
9
Evidence
consistency with extrinsic facts confirms or inconsistency casts doubt on the reliability of an interpretation; whether information provided to the lip-reader might have coloured the reading; and whether the probative effect of the evidence ...
Andrew Choo, 2012
10
Speaking of Crime: The Language of Criminal Justice
This requires, first of all, that the lip-reader have an excellent command of English , which many deaf people lack. A further difficulty is that different sounds (or phonemes) may be articulated with the same lip position. As noted in chapter 2 ...
Lawrence M. Solan, Peter M. Tiersma, 2010

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LIP-READER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lip-reader is used in the context of the following news items.
1
C'Mon Ref: Prust violated a "code"
A professional 'lip-reader' might even be solicited. Statements will be taken from the league employed members of the off-ice crew that man the ... «TSN, May 15»
2
Lip service to the idea that tragedy makes good theatre
But it gets interesting when the actor tells us he is also a lip-reader. He has worked on police investigations; once, he read CCTV footage to ... «Irish Independent, Jan 15»
3
Players face maximum scrutiny as lip-reader tweets their every word
A lip-reader who has disclosed conversations between participants at the royal wedding and the Wimbledon tennis tournament, has ... «The Times, Jun 14»
4
Lip-reader says Charlie Manuel was most difficult manager to interpret
Deadspin got their lip-reader, Evan Brunell, to review some of the 2013 season's more corrosive verbal exchanges between players, coaches, ... «Philly.com, Mar 14»
5
Lip Reader Reveals What He Thinks Boehner Said to Prompt the …
When asked by ITK [The Hill's Gossip blog] about the lip-reader's assertion, Boehner spokesman Michael Steel told The Hill in an email, “That ... «TheBlaze.com, Jan 13»
6
Video: John Terry Faces Racism Trial
A lip-reader detected Chelsea and England footballer John Terry using a racially abusive term towards fellow player Anton Ferdinand, a court ... «SkySports, Jul 12»
7
Battle over lip-read expert in Crown 'shut-down' case
A key witness in the Crown casino manslaughter case today revealed she had been used as a lip-reader on World War II footage. Jessica Rees ... «The Age, Jun 12»
8
Lip-reading: Watch this space
Tina Lannin, a lip-reader for O'Malley Communications, who was born deaf and relies on lip-reading for communication, is among the experts ... «The Independent, Oct 11»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Lip-Reader [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/lip-reader>. May 2024 ».
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