bifocals
- noun
- /ˈbaɪˌfoʊkəlz/
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bifocales
- She wears bifocals so she can see both the computer screen and the whiteboard without switching glasses.
And then it's basically not needing bifocals, not needing glasses as much in some cases, if at all.
- And then it's basically not needing bifocals, not needing glasses as much in some cases, if at all.
- And thanks Benjamin Franklin, It's really he invented bifocals.
- I'm a pair of bifocals away from being Chuck Schumer's You Bastards.
Examples
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In the olden days, they used to have have lenses which came in two parts, bifocals, OK.
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And then it's basically not needing bifocals, not needing glasses as much in some cases, if at all.
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When I started reading small print, I realized I needed bifocals to see clearly.
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Many older adults find that bifocals help them transition from reading to looking at objects in the distance.
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Morphology
bifocals = bifocal (transparent) = bi + focal + s
The change from 'bifocal' to 'bifocals' is a regular pluralization and does not alter meaning.
Etymology
Bifocals comes from the prefix bi- 'two' and focus 'point of sight', the same focus you know when you look carefully at something. So bifocals are glasses with two lens areas, one for near vision and one for distance vision.