EYESIGHT | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of eyesight in English eyesightnoun [ U ] uk /ˈaɪ.saɪt/ us /ˈaɪ.saɪt/ Add to word list Add to word list B2 the ability to see: good/bad/poor eyesight You need to have your eyesight tested. Synonym vision (ABILITY)See also sight noun (ABILITY TO SEE) Eyesight, glasses & lenses

• accommodative
• afterimage
• age-related macular degeneration
• amaurosis
• amblyopia
• colour-blind
• eyeglasses
• glaucoma
• long-sightedness
• macula
• macula lutea
• macular
• macular degeneration
• short-sighted
• sighted
• stereoscopy
• strabismus
• trifocals
• uvea
• uveal

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eyesight | American Dictionary

eyesightnoun [ U ] us /ˈɑɪˌsɑɪt/ Add to word list Add to word list the ability to see: Her eyesight is not as good as it used to be. (Definition of eyesight from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of eyesight

eyesight The majority of its clients are older people whose problems arise from physical dif ficulties with mobility, eyesight, hearing and continence. From the Cambridge English Corpus The latter informant had restricted eyesight and was on the verge of moving to a private residential home at the time of interview. From the Cambridge English Corpus His health had deteriorated and his eyesight, sadly, was failing, but he was able to retain many of his interests until his brief final illness. From the Cambridge English Corpus With the help of binoculars, bird watchers may see and identify birds beyond the range of normal human eyesight. From the Cambridge English Corpus But altruistic behavior as such, according to biological theory, would depend (as eyesight depends) much more on genes than on experience. From the Cambridge English Corpus If only, he complains, acoustics could do for the hearing what optics can to improve eyesight. From the Cambridge English Corpus More than half the sample experienced arthritis or rheumatism, poor eyesight, problems with feet or walking, dental problems, headaches and breathlessness after effort. From the Cambridge English Corpus He had been a keen vocalist, and was a flautist till his eyesight failed him. From the Cambridge English Corpus Now he reached out to staff and fellow residents, and was only frustrated that his failing eyesight made this difficult. From the Cambridge English Corpus The introduction of fees for eyesight testing in this relatively low-income group may have contributed to delays in spectacle updating. From the Cambridge English Corpus Pepys may be untypical in that he spent the later years of the diary worrying about his poor eyesight, which he connected with reading. From the Cambridge English Corpus There were significant improvements in exercise, diet and the uptake of influenza vaccines and eyesight tests, but slighter improvements in wellbeing. From the Cambridge English Corpus Enjoying good eyesight is primarily a subjectively experienced state (although it can also be made observable or objective through tests). From the Cambridge English Corpus This is not surprising when one considers the proportion who reported problems associated with arthritis and with eyesight. From the Cambridge English Corpus But we inherit good eyesight or bad eyesight. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of eyesight?

Translations of eyesight

in Chinese (Traditional) 視力… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 视力… See more in Spanish vista, vista [feminine]… See more in Portuguese visão, vista, visão [feminine]… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian दृष्टी… See more 視力, 視力（しりょく）… See more görme yeteneği… See more vue [feminine], vue… See more vista… See more gezichtsvermogen… See more பார்க்கும் திறன்… See more दृष्टि, नज़र, देखने की क्षमता… See more દૃષ્ટિ, જોવાની ક્ષમતા… See more syn… See more syn… See more pandangan… See more die Sehkraft… See more synsevne [masculine], syn [neuter], syn(sevne)… See more آنکھ کی روشنی… See more зір… See more కంటి చూపు… See more দৃষ্টিশক্তি… See more zrak… See more pandangan… See more ความสามารถในการมองเห็น… See more thị lực… See more wzrok… See more 시력… See more vista… See more Need a translator?

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