field of vision
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3.7
- noun
- /fiːld əv ˈvɪʒən/
- Specialized
:
campo visual
- The traffic lights were clearly visible in my field of vision as I approached the intersection.
- a reduced field of vision
- loss of field of vision
They're not just, as we're often told, forcing the image of the emperor into the field of vision of his subjects.
- They're not just, as we're often told, forcing the image of the emperor into the field of vision of his subjects.
- They don't know that this is light produced by a fire that is projected onto their field of vision.
Examples
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Music welcomes us as we move toward the dot until it fills our field of vision.
Fiction book (2000) -
At the edge of his field of vision, Comet Halley shone like an incandescent veil.
Fiction book (2002) -
Remember the security camera's field of vision.
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There, within his field of vision, was the unbelievable potential of a new human life.
Fiction book (1991) -
The first one to come into her field of vision was Ducky Lucky.
Fiction book (2001) -
A display flashed in the lower right corner of my field of vision.
Fiction book (1994) -
A bearded, heavyset man entered Bridger's field of vision from the other side of the store.
Fiction book (1993) -
Cathy's sleeping face drifted across his field of vision, as perfect and expressionless as a mask.
Fiction book (1999) -
The magnifier provides 3.2x near magnification, and its field of vision is illuminated by white LED for reading.
Academic text (2002) -
A gaunt, gray-haired man in a tattered overcoat stumbled into his field of vision.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
533
1.0
The area you can see from one place
8
4.2
The area you can see at one time, for example through a camera or telescope
2
4.8
The area you can see when you look straight ahead
1
8.7
The area you can see from where you are
The whole area you can see while your eyes stay in one place
How Wide
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the entire area that can be seen at one time' is directly composed from 'field' (an area) + 'vision' (sight) with the linking preposition 'of', so a learner who knows the parts can readily infer it. This noun-of-noun pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'campo de visión'), making the MWE easily understandable at B1.
Etymology
The expression field of vision may come from the picture of a wide open field you can look across and vision meaning your sight. So it means the 'area' you can 'see' at one time.