eyesight
[ahy-sahyt]
- the power or faculty of seeing.
- the act or fact of seeing.
- the range of the eye: to come within eyesight.
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Origin of eyesight
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Contemporary Examples
Her doctor had confirmed that her eyesight would never improve.
The woman had shingles and severe arthritis, and her eyesight and hearing were diminishing.
Petit says that somebody once told him they understood his reliance on his eyesight, his sense of touch, even his sense of smell.
He contracts Kharga Fever, which renders him delirious and causes him gradually to lose his eyesight.
One photographer lost his eyesight when he was hit with a rubber bullet.
Historical Examples
Faith is the soul's eyesight; and when we possess it the world is never dark nor lonely.
Biographical StoriesNathaniel Hawthorne
First of all, it was evident that he must turn back if he was to save his eyesight.
The Leopard WomanStewart Edward White
Low-lying alligator, evading the eyesight and discouraging hope!
The Uncommercial TravellerCharles Dickens
In the pursuit he lost his eyesight, lost his health, but never lost his love of truth.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
After the death of her husband, she had worked so late as to endanger her eyesight.
His MasterpieceEmile Zola
eyesight
- the ability to see; faculty of sight
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Word Origin and History for eyesight
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eyesight
(ī′sīt′)- The faculty of sight; vision.
- Range of vision; view.
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