myope

/'maioup/

Thân thiện

A myope squints to read a distant street sign.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A person with myopia; a nearsighted person: A "myope" is an individual who has the medical condition of myopia, meaning they can see objects clearly when they are near but distant objects appear blurred.

Usage

• The word "myope" is a formal or technical term, most commonly used in medical, optical, or scientific contexts. It is less common in everyday conversation, where phrases like "nearsighted person" or "someone who is nearsighted" are typically used.

Examples

• Noun:
  • As a myope, she needs to wear glasses to drive.
  • The optometrist explained that a myope's eyeball is often slightly elongated.

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used in a broader, sometimes figurative sense to describe a person with a limited or short-sighted perspective on non-visual matters.
  • The critic was a cultural myope, unable to appreciate art forms from other traditions.

Variants and Related Words

• Myopia (n): The medical condition of nearsightedness itself.
  • Laser surgery can correct myopia.
• Myopic (adj): Describing the condition of nearsightedness; also used figuratively to mean lacking foresight.
  • He has a myopic view of the company's future, focusing only on next quarter's profits.

Synonyms

• Nearsighted person: The most common everyday synonym.
• Shortsighted person (chiefly British English): Equivalent to "nearsighted person"; also carries the same figurative meaning.

Antonyms

• Emmetrope (n): A person with normal, perfect vision.
• Hyperope (n): A person with farsightedness (hyperopia).

Học thuật

Noun

1. a person with myopia; a nearsighted person