eyes
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Definition
- Noun (plural):
- The organs of sight: The paired bodily structures in the heads of humans and many animals that are responsible for vision, detecting light and converting it into electro-chemical impulses.
- Attention, notice, or observation: The act of looking at or watching something carefully.
- Judgment, opinion, or perspective: The way in which someone views or thinks about something; a point of view.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (organs of sight):
- Noun (attention, observation):
- Noun (judgment, perspective):
Advanced Usage
- "to have an eye for": to be good at noticing or judging a particular thing.
- "to see eye to eye": to agree with someone.
- "to turn a blind eye": to pretend not to notice something bad or illegal.
Variants and Related Words
- Eyeful (n): a long, steady look, or something or someone visually striking.
- Eyeless (adj): lacking eyes.
- Eye (v): to look at someone or something closely or with suspicion.
Synonyms
- Organs of sight: eyeballs, peepers (informal).
- Attention: gaze, look, observation.
- Perspective: view, viewpoint, judgment.
Related Phrasal Verbs
- Eye up: to look at someone in a way that shows you find them attractive.
- Eye (something) warily/carefully: to look at something with caution or suspicion.
Related Idioms
- The apple of someone's eye: a person who is very much loved and cherished.
- Eyes in the back of one's head: a seeming ability to know what is happening behind one or out of sight.
- With one's eyes closed/shut: very easily, without effort or difficulty.
Noun
- opinion or judgment
- in the eyes of the law
- I was wrong in her eyes