speechreading

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(spēch′rē′ding)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
speech•read•ing  (spēch′rē′ding),USA pronunciation n. 
    1. the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used esp. by people with impaired hearing. Cf. lip reading. 
    • speech + read1 + -ing1 1890–95

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
speech-reading n
  1. another name for lip-reading
'speechreading' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
lipreading - total communication - speechread

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