eye·sight

[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.

Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; see eye, sight

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eyesight (ˈaɪˌsaɪt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
the ability to see; faculty of sight

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

eyesight
c.1200, from eye + sight.
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Medical Dictionary

eyesight eye·sight (ī'sīt')
n.

  1. The faculty of sight; vision.

  2. Range of vision; view.

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Example sentences
Your eyesight will become fuzzy and you may experience double vision.
Our mental eyesight has not yet got used to the noon-day glare.
We are particularly concerned about reports of his deteriorating eyesight.
Their keen eyesight extends into the infrared and ultraviolet bands.
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