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eyewear

eyewear

7 2.8
Things you wear on your eyes to help you see or protect them
  • noun
  • /ˈaɪˌwɛr/
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  • Chrome Hearts is just the state-of-the-art eyewear on the market.
  • protective eyewear

I ordered all six pairs of crap eyewear ex Emma Chamberlain, and we're gonna see if they're crap or not.

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Examples

  • We look forward to hearing your voice and sharing information about the finest quality tactical eyewear available today.

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  • Nowadays, there is a wide variety of sports sunglasses in the present-day eyewear market.

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  • Do you want to take off your eyewear, please?

  • Could we have his protective eyewear, please?

  • A shared retail space will help me expand sales of my eyewear and save on rent.

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  • Says here that when they brought him in he was wearing some sort of protective eyewear.

  • Women’s sunglasses are super smart, attractive eyewear, and their special holiday range is completely irresistible.

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  • She put on her reading eyewear to see the tiny print in the book.

  • Many athletes wear eyewear to protect their eyes from harmful UV rays while competing.

  • He always wears stylish eyewear that complements his outfits.

Synonyms

specs
vseyewear
  • UK
1 6.9

A pair of glasses you wear to help you see

expresses the same corrective idea but in informal everyday speech
spectacles
vseyewear
2.0

A pair of lenses in a frame that you wear on your nose and ears to help you see

include these framed corrective items but also other eye devices like contact lenses
eyeglasses
vseyewear
  • US
1.0

A pair of lenses in a frame worn on the nose and ears to help you see better

cover those frame devices and broader eye items such as contacts or shields

Compounds

Glasses whose lenses become dark in sunlight and clear indoors

How Protective

goggles
1 2.2
sunglasses
166 1.0
eyewear
7 2.8
contact lens
33 2.5

Surface Forms

eyewear singular
eyewears plural

Morphology

eyewear = eye + wear (transparent) = eye + wear

A straightforward compound of 'eye' + 'wear' meaning items worn on the eyes, readily inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word eyewear is made from eye and wear; think of it as 'clothes' for your eyes, like footwear is 'clothes' for your feet. So eyewear means things you 'wear' on your eyes to help you see or to protect them.