eyesight
noun
eye·sight
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Definition of eyesight
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: sight sense 4a
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Examples of eyesight in a Sentence
He wears glasses because his eyesight is not good.
the keen eyesight of a bird of prey
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Wadesa claims to be 99-years-old, has one tooth left and has mostly lost his eyesight. — Max Bearak, Washington Post, "Kenya’s Pokomo people ask the British to return what was stolen: Their source of power," 9 Aug. 2019 The most extreme of these, albinism, results in a total lack of pigment, totally white bodies, and poor eyesight. — Jeff Mauritzen, National Geographic, "Rare pale-colored penguin and seals spotted on remote island," 25 Apr. 2019 The purpose will be to correct for a genetic deficiency that prevents normal eyesight despite a lack of structural problems with patients' eyes themselves. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "Blindness, Edited Away: Brainstorm Health," 26 July 2019 The letter stand for balance difficulties, eyesight changes, face weakness, arm weakness, speech difficulties, and time. — Rebecca Maitland, Houston Chronicle, "Stroke: Know symptoms, signs for aid," 19 July 2019 And to make the implantation of so many electrodes safe, painless and effective, the process has to be automated, much like LASIK surgery, which uses lasers to correct eyesight. — The Economist, "Elon Musk wants to link brains directly to machines," 18 July 2019 Astronauts commonly report diminished eyesight upon their return home, possibly because the eyeball changes shape in space and tissues surrounding the optic nerves become swollen. — Brian Resnick, Vox, "Scientists are grappling with our biggest limitation in spaceflight: our own bodies," 18 July 2019 And presiding over it all was Mr. Cannon, who had lost his eyesight to glaucoma in 1989. — Colin Moynihan, New York Times, "Steve Cannon, Whose Townhouse Was an East Village Salon, Dies at 84," 16 July 2019 Knecht was born with Spina bifida and uses a wheelchair to get around, and Hahn lost his eyesight due to glaucoma five years ago, the outlet reports. — Helen Murphy, PEOPLE.com, "Woman Who Can’t Walk Teams Up with Blind Man for Hiking Adventures: 'He's the Legs, I'm the Eyes'," 12 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'eyesight.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for eyesight
eyesight
noun
English Language Learners Definition of eyesight
: the ability to see : sight or vision
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eyesight
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eye·sight
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Kids Definition of eyesight
eyesight
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eye·sight
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Medical Definition of eyesight
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