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eyesight

eyesight

54 1.0
How well you can see with your eyes
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪˌsaɪt/
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  • I got good eyesight.
  • poor eyesight
  • good eyesight
  • keen eyesight

All you need is good eyesight and stamina.

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Examples

  • My eyesight must be worse than I thought.

  • All Frank lost was his eyesight.

  • But they were trying to protect my eyesight, which turns out to be really good.

  • You have no idea how bad the eyesight is in this town.

  • With his poor eyesight, he could fall.

  • Despite her poor eyesight, she seems able to find her way in any city.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • So, how to improve eyesight naturally?

  • - I have terrible eyesight.

  • Frank had wanted to be a pilot; he had the eyesight and the steady nerves for it.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • After the eye exam, I realized that my eyesight had improved significantly.

Synonyms

sight
vseyesight
538 1.0

The ability to see or an impressive thing you see

is limited to the general faculty of perception rather than a specific view
vision
vseyesight
263 1.0

The ability to see

is the everyday term for the same sense rather than a technical label
visual acuity
vseyesight
  • Specialized
2 4.9

The sharpness of your sight that lets you see small details

refers to general perceptual ability rather than detailed clarity of resolution
visual sense
vseyesight
1 3.2

Being able to see with your eyes

focuses on the general capacity to detect visual information rather than sensory wording
seeing
vseyesight
1.0

The ability to use your eyes to notice things

denotes the overall capacity to perceive rather than the immediate act

Antonyms

70 3.1

A condition in which a person cannot see because of injury, disease, or being born that way

Surface Forms

eyesight singular
eyesights plural

Morphology

eyesight = eye + sight (transparent) = eye + sight

A straightforward compound whose meaning 'ability to see' follows directly from 'eye' + 'sight' and is obvious to learners familiar with both components.

Etymology

The word eyesight is simply eye + sight, where sight means 'the act of seeing' and eye is the organ that sees. So, eyesight is the ability or power to see.