English Explanatory Dictionary

by ear

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep_phrase
  1. To learn to play (an instrument) or sing by listening to recorded music without reading or memorizing sheet music or without any formal instruction.
  2. To learn a language without instruction.
  3. To do by guessing, to improvise.

Word forms

by ear

Related words

routiner

Derived words

learn by ear play by ear play it by ear

Translations

Danish: efter gehør Finnish: korvakuulolta Finnish: korvakuulon mukaan French: à l'oreille Galician: de oído German: nach Gehör German: nach dem Gehör Hungarian: hallás után Romanian: după ureche Russian: на слух Swedish: på gehör
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