optician
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- noun
- /ɑpˈtɪʃən/
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óptico
- After my eye exam, I visited the optician to choose my new glasses.
- optician or optometrist
- optician's shop
- optician's office
Then the optician will sit you down and discuss their different lens options.
- Then the optician will sit you down and discuss their different lens options.
Examples
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Then the optician will sit you down and discuss their different lens options.
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Anybody interested in becoming an apprentice optician, raise your hand.
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Sounds good, but I got to go see an optician.
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Now, finally, he asked me what I did for myself, and I told him I was an optician.
Fiction book (1990) -
So as soon as I knew my eyes were not only fixed but finished, I returned to my optician to order a pair of spectacles.
Academic text (2007) -
The optician should have foreseen this problem and steered me to something more practical.
Academic text (2007) -
If you need correction, it's best to obtain a prescription from skilled opticians.
Blog text (28) -
Her dad's an optician.
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The optician explained the benefits of different types of contact lenses.
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If you need prescription glasses, you should consult an optician.
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Optician comes from the root opt- meaning 'to see', which you can also find in optic and optics, and the ending -ician, which marks a person with a special job, so an optician is a specialist who makes and fits glasses to help people's vision.