blindness

«blindness» in Mova's school dictionary: being unable to see, either completely or almost completely — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (blindness — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Blindness is being unable to see, either completely or almost completely. tree →

2) Blindness to something means not noticing or not understanding it: «his blindness to his own mistakes». tree →

3) Colour blindness is when someone cannot tell some colours apart, often red and green. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, eyes need light to see; blindness can be from birth, illness or injury. Blind people may use a white cane, a guide dog and Braille (raised dots read with fingers). Inclusion lessons teach kind, respectful behaviour: offer help, ask first, do not pat a working guide dog. Phrases: «colour blindness», «snow blindness», «night blindness».

examples

• Blindness can be caused by illness or injury. tree →
• Helen Keller lived with blindness and deafness. tree →
• Braille helps people with blindness to read. tree →
• Colour blindness is more common in boys. tree →
• Snow blindness happens when bright sun reflects off snow. tree →
• Guide dogs help people with blindness to move safely. tree →
• Sunglasses protect your eyes from damage that can lead to blindness. tree →
• His blindness to danger worried his mum. tree →
• “‘What is the cure for your blindness?’ tree →

note

Uncountable. Adjective: blind; adverb: blindly. Polite language: «a blind person», «a person who is blind» or «visually impaired». Safety: never look straight at the Sun, even during an eclipse — it can damage your eyes.

In the corpora

• Red-green colour blindness affects about 1 in 12 men of European descent.
• Missing something in plain sight because your attention is elsewhere is called inattentional blindness.
• Colour blindness is usually inherited, is much more common in boys, and most often makes red and green hard to tell apart.
• The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «blindness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.