optician

«optician» in Mova's school dictionary: a person whose job is to test people's eyes and make or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (an optician, opticians)

meaning for a pupil

1) An optician is a person whose job is to test people's eyes and make or sell glasses and contact lenses. tree →

2) The optician's is the shop where they work. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life: you go to the optician's for an eye test. In stories, a child who cannot read the board may visit the optician and get glasses. Phrases: "go to the optician's", "an eye test at the optician's".

examples

• I had an eye test at the optician's today. tree →
• The optician said I need glasses for reading. tree →
• The optician asked me to read letters on a chart. tree →
• My mum picked new frames at the optician's. tree →
• The optician shone a little light into my eyes. tree →
• Opticians can tell if your eyes are healthy. tree →
• We waited at the optician while my glasses were fixed. tree →

note

Countable: an optician. In the UK "optician" is common; in the USA people often say "optometrist" or "eye doctor". An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor for eyes. "The optician's" with 's means the shop.

In the corpora

• Children who cannot see well often do not know it, so eye tests at school or an optician matter.
• Grandad couldn't read his paper the next morning and had to go to the optician.
• Zara's optician asked her how long she plays.
• Regular eye checks with an optician can catch problems early.
• Eye tests are free for children in the UK, and an optician can answer most eye myths.

Trees and pragmatics

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