eyeglasses

«eyeglasses» in Mova's school dictionary: Glasses: two lenses in a frame that you wear in front of… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, plural (eyeglasses)

meaning for a pupil

(mainly US) Glasses: two lenses in a frame that you wear in front of your eyes to help you see better. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, many children and adults wear eyeglasses for short or long sight; an optician tests eyes. In science, the lenses bend light to focus it. Phrases: «a pair of eyeglasses», «wear eyeglasses».

examples

• Grandpa can't read without his eyeglasses. tree →
• I got my first pair of eyeglasses this year. tree →
• My eyeglasses steam up when I come inside. tree →
• The optician checked if I needed eyeglasses. tree →
• Eyeglasses have curved lenses that bend light. tree →
• She keeps her eyeglasses in a red case. tree →

note

Always plural: «my eyeglasses are...», «a pair of eyeglasses». Mostly US; in the UK, Ireland and Australia people usually say «glasses» or «spectacles» («specs», informal).

In the corpora

• Eyeglasses were invented in Italy around 1280 to 1290, so people over 40 could keep reading and sewing.

Trees and pragmatics

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