Lipreading (Noun)
Meaning
Perceiving what a person is saying by observing the movements of the lips.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- She concentrated on lipreading to understand the conversation in the noisy restaurant.
- The detective used lipreading to piece together what was being said in the video recording.
- Lipreading allowed her to understand her grandchildren when they spoke with their hands over their mouths.
- He struggled with lipreading, having never been taught how to interpret lip movements.
- The deaf student relied on lipreading to follow what the teacher was saying during lectures.