eyesighteye‧sight /ˈaɪsaɪt/ noun [uncountable] 
Eagles have very keen eyesight. He had a problem with his eyesight.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesgood· Your eyesight must be very good if you can read the sign from here.keen (=extremely good)· Eagles are known for their extremely keen eyesight.perfect· She's in her seventies, but her eyesight is still perfect.bad/poor· Moles have very poor eyesight.failing· In his later years, he suffered from failing eyesight.verbssomebody's eyesight fails· He's over 80 now, and his eyesight is beginning to fail.somebody's eyesight gets worse/deteriorates· Your eyesight gradually deteriorates with age.eyesight + NOUNeyesight problems· Her eyesight problems ruled out a job as a pilot.an eyesight examination/test· The cost of the eyesight examination may be refunded.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- an eyesight test
- My eyesight's got a lot worse over the last few years.
- You must have good eyesight. I can't even make it out from here.
- Encourage residents to wash and iron their clothes where their eyesight and co-ordination are good.
- Failing eyesight was forcing him to retire.
- Frank was working for a large nursery and wanted to get into management when his eyesight started to fail.
- I assume you all know what raw ammonia does to the eyesight?
- Santa Clara was good for eyesight.
- She had discovered that he possessed the eyesight of a cat.
- She jumped to her death, and he lost his eyesight as the house fell in.
Longman Language Activatorthe ability to see
the ability to see: · There are five senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch.partial sight (=when someone can only see a little): · 'Has Peter got any sight at all now?' 'Only partial sight, in one eye.'impaired sight (=damaged): · Nicole has suffered since birth from impaired sight as a result of cerebral palsy.lose your sight (=become unable to see): · She lost her sight at the age of 12 following an illness.
the ability to see - use this to talk about how well or badly someone can see: · My eyesight's got a lot worse over the last few years.· an eyesight testgood/bad eyesight: · You must have good eyesight. I can't even make it out from here.
the ability to see - use this especially about damage to someone's sight or when someone's sight is affected by an injury, by alcohol etc: · When he woke up he had a splitting headache and his vision was blurred.· When I have a migraine, I can't stand up without vomiting and my vision is distorted.have vision (=be able to see): · My aunt still has some vision in her left eye - she can make out colours and shapes.double vision (=when you seem to see two of everything): · He complained that the new lenses gave him double vision and headaches.20-20 vision (=perfect vision): · Until she was eighteen she had 20-20 vision - now she has to wear glasses.
if you can see , you are able to see things, especially after you have been unable to: · Thanks to a new operation, Ann can see for the first time in her life.· Turn the light on so we can see!
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COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYadjectives Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
your ability to see SYN visionpoor/good/failing etc eyesight· Your eyesight must be very good if you can read the sign from here.
(=extremely good)· Eagles are known for their extremely keen eyesight.
· She's in her seventies, but her eyesight is still perfect.
· Moles have very poor eyesight.
· In his later years, he suffered from failing eyesight.
verbs· He's over 80 now, and his eyesight is beginning to fail.
· Your eyesight gradually deteriorates with age.
eyesight + NOUN· Her eyesight problems ruled out a job as a pilot.
· The cost of the eyesight examination may be refunded.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Failing eyesight forced him to retire early.· Her own body of work was complete five years ago, when failing eyesight and less mobile hands forced her to retire.
· That is why smell is so important to quadrupeds; erect animals with good eyesight can detect danger from far off.· The story is that slightly better eyesight will enable animals to avoid death and find food slightly more effectively.· You will need to be able to work for long periods with a high degree of accuracy, and have really good eyesight.· Santa Clara was good for eyesight.
· A military career had fascinated the young Makarenko, though he disliked it and had to be discharged on account of poor eyesight.· Rather, poor eyesight uncorrected by glasses and harshly taxed by use may produce symptoms of strain, including headaches.· Another poem of this period, addressed to the Duke of York, complains of his poor eyesight.· Of course it's just possible that she has poor eyesight - a woman like that would be too vain to wear spectacles.
VERB· A quadriplegic who is nearly deaf and has failing eyesight, the 61-year-old sheik would seem to be powerless.
Eagles have very keen eyesight. He had a problem with his eyesight.COLLOCATIONSadjectivesgood· Your eyesight must be very good if you can read the sign from here.keen (=extremely good)· Eagles are known for their extremely keen eyesight.perfect· She's in her seventies, but her eyesight is still perfect.bad/poor· Moles have very poor eyesight.failing· In his later years, he suffered from failing eyesight.verbssomebody's eyesight fails· He's over 80 now, and his eyesight is beginning to fail.somebody's eyesight gets worse/deteriorates· Your eyesight gradually deteriorates with age.eyesight + NOUNeyesight problems· Her eyesight problems ruled out a job as a pilot.an eyesight examination/test· The cost of the eyesight examination may be refunded.