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[ ahy-sahyt ] / ˈaɪˌsaɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR eyesight ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe power or faculty of seeing. the act or fact of seeing. the range of the eye: to come within eyesight. Origin of eyesightMiddle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at eye, sight Words nearby eyesighteyes front, eyeshade, eye shadow, eyeshine, eyeshot, eyesight, eyes in the back of one's head, have, eyes left, eye socket, eyesome, eyes-only Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for eyesightHer doctor had confirmed that her eyesight would never improve. The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The woman had shingles and severe arthritis, and her eyesight and hearing were diminishing. The Nurse Coaching People Through Death by Starvation|Nick Tabor|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST Petit says that somebody once told him they understood his reliance on his eyesight, his sense of touch, even his sense of smell. Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope|Anthony Haden-Guest|August 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST He contracts Kharga Fever, which renders him delirious and causes him gradually to lose his eyesight. The 2013 Novel of the Year Is…|Nathaniel Rich|December 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
One photographer lost his eyesight when he was hit with a rubber bullet. Rage in Brazil|Mac Margolis|June 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST At least in compassion to your eyesight it is as well for me to try it no further. Private Papers of William Wilberforce|William Wilberforce Peter stopped dead in his tracks and stared as if he weren't willing to believe his own eyesight. The Purple Heights|Marie Conway Oemler Hundreds of men lose their eyesight by the use of tobacco alone. Papers on Health|John Kirk No person could have told from the heavens, by their eyesight alone, that it was not a still summer's night. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index|Various There's nothing th' matter with his eyesight, but he's plumb locoed, all th' same. Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up|Clarence Edward Mulford
British Dictionary definitions for eyesight
nounthe ability to see; faculty of sight Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to eyesightperception, seeing, sight, view, optics, perceiving Medical definitions for eyesight
n.The faculty of sight; vision. Range of vision; view. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |