eyesight

[ahy-sahyt]

noun

1. the power or faculty of seeing.

2. the act or fact of seeing.

3. the range of the eye.

   to come within eyesight.

eyesight

/ ˈaɪˌsaɪt /

noun

1. the ability to see; faculty of sight

Word History and Origins

Origin of eyesight¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; eye, sight

Example Sentences

Changes in eyesight are one of the most familiar effects of getting older.

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They lose so much weight that the grip of their shackles grows loose; their eyesight deteriorates and their nails fall out.

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It’s painfully ironic that Oliphant could look at the world so hard, for so long, and be repaid with the slow loss of his eyesight, as Banowsky finds toward the end of the film.

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The move comes after an inquest into four deaths caused by drivers with failing eyesight saw a coroner call the UK's licensing system the "laxest in Europe".

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At the age of two, Toby Addison was diagnosed with early onset rod cone dystrophy and retinitis pigmentosa, which meant his eyesight would slowly deteriorate.

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