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Meaning of "near-sightedness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS

near-sightedness  [ˌnɪəˈsaɪtɪdnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Near-Sightedness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Myopia

Myopia (Ancient Greek: μυωπία, muōpia, from myein "to shut" – ops (gen. opos) "eye"), commonly known as being nearsighted (American English) and shortsighted (British English), is a condition of the eye where the light that comes in does not directly focus on the retina but in front of it, causing the image that one sees when looking at a distant object to be out of focus, but in focus when looking at a close object. Eye care professionals most commonly correct myopia through the use of corrective lenses, such as glasses or contact lenses. It may also be corrected by refractive surgery, though there are cases of associated side effects. The corrective lenses have a negative optical power (i.e. have a net concave effect) which compensates for the excessive positive diopters of the myopic eye. Negative diopters are generally used to describe the severity of the myopia, as this is the value of the lens to correct the eye. High-degree myopia, or severe myopia, is defined as -6 diopters or worse. The opposite of myopia is hyperopia.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS


contentedness
kənˈtɛntɪdnɪs
disinterestedness
dɪsˈɪntrɪstɪdnɪs
dispiritedness
dɪsˈpɪrɪtɪdnɪs
faintheartedness
ˌfeɪntˈhɑːtɪdnɪs
fetidness
ˈfetɪdnɪs
indebtedness
ɪnˈdɛtɪdnɪs
lionheartedness
ˌlaɪənˈhɑːtɪdnɪs
mindedness
ˈmaɪndɪdnɪs
preparedness
prɪˈpɛərɪdnɪs
rootedness
ˈruːtɪdnɪs
second-sightedness
ˌsɛkəndˈsaɪtɪdnɪs
short-sightedness
ˌʃɔːtˈsaɪtɪdnɪs
stintedness
ˈstɪntɪdnɪs
stonyheartedness
ˌstəʊnɪˈhɑːtɪdnɪs
stuntedness
ˈstʌntɪdnɪs
true-heartedness
ˌtruːˈhɑːtɪdnɪs
uncreatedness
ˌʌnkriːˈeɪtɪdnɪs
uprootedness
ʌpˈruːtɪdnɪs
wickedness
ˈwɪkɪdnɪs
Widnes
ˈwɪdnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS

near thing
near to
near to one´s heart
near-death experience
near-earth asteroid
near-market
near-market research
near-nudity
near-sighted
near-sightedly
nearby
Nearctic
nearest and dearest
nearly
nearly-new
nearly-new shop
nearness
nearshore
nearside
nearthroses

WORDS THAT END LIKE NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS

awkwardness
baldness
blindness
boldness
boundedness
business
coldness
fondness
goodness
hardness
kindness
light-headedness
loudness
madness
night blindness
oddness
redness
sadness
soundness
tiredness
weirdness

Synonyms and antonyms of near-sightedness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «near-sightedness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS

Find out the translation of near-sightedness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of near-sightedness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «near-sightedness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

近视
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la miopía
570 millions of speakers

English

near-sightedness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पास sightedness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بعد النظر القريب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

близорукость
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

miopia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কাছাকাছি-দূরদর্শিতার অভাবের
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

myopie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dekat-sightedness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kurzsichtigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

近視
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가까운 원시 및
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cedhak-sightedness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cận thị
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அருகே நோக்கின்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नजीक-दृश्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yakın görüşlülük
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

miopia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

krótkowzroczności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

короткозорість
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

aproape - sightedness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μυωπία
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bysiendheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

närsynthet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nær- sightedness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of near-sightedness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS»

The term «near-sightedness» is normally little used and occupies the 126.226 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about near-sightedness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NEAR-SIGHTEDNESS»

Discover the use of near-sightedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to near-sightedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Nearsightedness in Schools: Its Causes, Prevalence, and ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Birdsey Grant Northrop, 2010
2
Sight and Hearing: How Preserved, and how Lost
Diagram of the near-sighted eye — Causes of near-sightedness — How produced — How discovered — Effect of doing without glasses — Why nearsightedness is more common in the upper classes — Proportion of nearsightedness in ...
James Henry Clark, 1856
3
The Eye in health and disease
only 26 neutralized the near-sightedness, 41 were weaker, 40 stronger than the myopia. Only eleven out of the whole number had concave glasses that were not injurious. Well might Dr. Cohn say, "If I accomplished nothing else by my whole ...
Benjamin Joy Jeffries, 1871
4
The Eye in Health and Disease: Being a Series of Articles on ...
only 26 neutralized the near-sightedness, 41 were weaker, 40 stronger than the myopia. Only eleven out of the whole number had concave glasses that were not injurious. Well might Dr. Cohn say, "If I accomplished nothing else by my whole ...
Benjamin Joy Jeffries, 1871
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The Philosophical Magazine
Although near-sightedness is in general gradual in its progress, instances occasionally occur of its existence, in a considerable degree, even in children ; in whom it is sometimes discovered almost as soon as they begin to take notice of the ...
Alexander Tilloch, 1813
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A Journal of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, and the Arts ...
Although near-sightedness is, in general, gradual in its pro- Neai_-sigh_te< 1gress, instances occasionally occur of its existence, in a con- 32:“ chm siderable degree, even in children; in whom it is sometimes discovered almost as soon as they ...
William Nicholson, 1813
7
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London
in succession, until at length it will be difficult to obtain a glass sufficiently concave to afford the assistance that the eye requires.* Although near sightedness is in general gradual in its progress, instances occasionally occur of its existence, in a ...
‎1813
8
Philosophical Magazine, Comprehending the Various Branches ...
Although near-sightedness is in general gradual in its progress, instances occasionally occur of its existence, in a. considerable degree, even in children; in whom it is sometimes discovered almost as soon as they begin to take notice of the ...
‎1813
9
The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
The misfortune resulting-from the use of concave glasses is this, that the near- sightedness is not only fixed by it, but from a habit of inquiry with regard to the extreme perfection of vision, frequent changes are made for glaffes that are more and ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
10
The Friend
Near-Sightedness. BY HENRY M. HURD, CHICAGO. The increase of near- sightedness among the American people is not due so much to physical degeneracy, as some philosophers would have us su ppose, as to overwork. The average ...
‎1870

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