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eyesight

[ ahy-sahyt ]

/ ˈaɪˌsaɪt /

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noun

the power or faculty of seeing.

the act or fact of seeing.

the range of the eye: to come within eyesight.

Origin of eyesight

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

Words nearby eyesight

eyes-only, eyeservice, eyeshade, eyeshine, eyeshot, eyesight, eyesome, eyesore, eyespot, eyestalk, eyestone

Example sentences from the Web for eyesight

Her 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

eyesight

/ (ˈaɪˌsaɪt) /

noun

the ability to see; faculty of sight

Medical definitions for eyesight

eyesight

[ ī′sīt′ ]

n.

The faculty of sight; vision.

Range of vision; view.