readthrough

See also: read-through

English

Etymology

Deverbal from read through.

Noun

readthrough (plural readthroughs)

1. The process of reading through something; a perusal.
2. (film, television, theater) An organized reading of the screenplay or script by all of the actors, prior to the actual performance.
3. (genetics) The situation where a modified stop codon allows transcription to continue beyond the usual point.

Synonyms

• (film, television, theatre): table read

See also

• stagger-through (music, television)