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eyesight

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eye·sight  (st)
n.
1. The faculty of sight; vision.
2. Range of vision; view.
eyesight [ˈaɪˌsaɪt]
n
the ability to see; faculty of sight
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.eyesighteyesight - normal use of the faculty of vision
sightedness, seeing
visual modality, visual sense, vision, sight - the ability to see; the visual faculty
eyesight
noun vision, sight, observation, perception, ability to see, range of vision, power of seeing, power of sight He suffered from poor eyesight and could no longer read properly.
Translations
eyesight [ˈaɪsaɪt] N → vista f
to have good/poor eyesight → tener buena/mala vista
eyesight [ˈaɪsaɪt] n → vue f
eye socket n → orbite f
eyesight [ˈaɪˌsaɪt] n → vista
eyesight [ˈaɪˌsaɪt] n → vista
eyesight → مجال البصر zrak syn Sehkraft όραση vista näkökyky vue vid vista 視力 시력 gezichtsvermogen syn wzrok visão зрение syn สายตา görme yetisi thị lực 视力


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This was all I heard that night before my sister clutched me, as a slumberous offence to the company's eyesight, and assisted me up to bed with such a strong hand that I seemed to have fifty boots on, and to be dangling them all against the edges of the stairs.
Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context
It is the malicious pleasure of the East Wind to augment the power of your eyesight, in order, perhaps, that you should see better the perfect humiliation, the hopeless character of your captivity.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
By 1652 it had resulted in the loss of Milton's eyesight, previously over-strained by his studies--a sacrifice in which he gloried but which lovers of poetry must always regret, especially since the controversy largely consisted, according to the custom of the time, in a disgusting exchange of personal scurrilities.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
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