lay reader
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflayandreader
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lay
adjective[before noun]
uk/leɪ/us/leɪ/
not trained in or not having a detailed knowledge of a ...
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reader
noun[C]
uk/ˈriː.dər/us/ˈriː.dɚ/
someone who reads for pleasure, especially a person who reads ...
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(Definition oflayandreaderfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflay reader
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The book is written in easily accessible language, suitable for both the specialist and thelayreader.
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For thelayreaderthe descriptive and anecdotal style provides an easy and informative read.
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These must all be passed over if one is writing mainly for thelayreader.
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The book has fourteen pages of valuable notes and a seven-page glossary which will be of value to thelayreader.
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The chapters are at times dense, but certainly accessible to thelayreader.
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A brief depiction of its current as well as its past position might have been useful for thelayreader.
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Both types of contribution are accessible to thelayreader, while at the same time remaining authoritative.
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It might seem to thelayreaderthat teaching and learning in music are well understood and non-contentious.
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Although the terminology used is appropriate to the subject, it is also accessible to thelayreader.
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It is a collection of buzzwords, jargon and computer geek speak which are defined, explained and demystified for thelayreader.
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The book is intended for advanced undergraduates as well as for graduate students and postdoctoral scientists and is also suitable for the motivated intelligentlayreader.
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Another problem resulting, perhaps, from consideration for thelayreaderis the almost complete absence of music examples - surprising in a book that claims to focus on the music.
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The authors revised the paper to ensure that it was intelligible to thelayreaderand included recommendations for action.
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It was only to make the rest of it intelligible to thelayreader.
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It is not clear to thelayreaderwhere that £1.5 billion or more will come from.
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To alayreader, on cursory inspection, that does not appear to be so.
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He is extremely ably assisted by hislayreaderwife.
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I have a copy of their report, which indicates to thelayreadera conscientious effort to achieve their goal.
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I am also a diocesanlayreaderand a church warden.
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To thelayreaderat least, there is not a great deal of information about the examinations in those pages.
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