earreading
nounUK /ˈɪəˌriːdɪŋ/
US /ˈɪrˌriːdɪŋ/
Earreading is when you understand words by listening instead of looking at them.
She learned the song by earreading the lyrics as her teacher sang them.
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2. The act of reading aloud so that others can hear and understand the text.
The teacher's earreading of the story kept the whole class quiet.
3. A method of learning music by hearing it played rather than by reading notes.
His earreading let him play the tune after hearing it just once.
4. The ability to recognize written words through their sounds when spoken.
Earreading helps new learners match spoken words to their written forms.