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

So that’s been comforting to know that we have eyes and eyesight into the same things an attacker would.

From MIT Technology Review

A separate group of 84 college students did the test by eyesight using 3-D computer images of those proteins instead of models they could actually feel.

From Science News For Students

When Norman starts to lose his eyesight, the family’s survival is at risk.

From Washington Blade

A separate group of 84 college students did the test by eyesight with 3-D computer images of proteins instead of models.

From Science News

His eyesight improved to the point that he could point to an object, reach out and grasp it, and count its numbers.

From Singularity Hub 

Her doctor had confirmed that her eyesight would never improve.

From The Daily Beast

The woman had shingles and severe arthritis, and her eyesight and hearing were diminishing.

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

But it was still the place where Kandynce did not need eyesight to find a door or a drawer or a knob.

From The Daily Beast

He contracts Kharga Fever, which renders him delirious and causes him gradually to lose his eyesight.

From The Daily Beast

The foster-father, who was an American resident in Hong-Kong, found his eyesight gradually failing him.

From Project Gutenberg

Now, the only way for us to know anything beyond our eyesight, is to examine it, and gather testimony about it.

From Project Gutenberg

My health is good: only one thing troubles me a little—my eyesight, which is tried by my work.

From Project Gutenberg

The mat shop is beginning to affect my health: the dust has inflamed my throat, and my eyesight is weakening in the constant dusk.

From Project Gutenberg

His eyebrows were drawn down, as if the process of storing up eyesight for his old age was somewhat laborious.

From Project Gutenberg

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