🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

miope

Pronunciation / Transliteration: miope

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Near-sighted/ˈnɪərˌsaɪ.tɪd/
adjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Essendo miope, ha bisogno degli occhiali per leggere."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Able to see objects clearly only when they are close to the eyes; suffering from myopia.

    "She is so near-sighted that she cannot read the board without her glasses."
  2. 2

    Lacking imagination or foresight; focused only on immediate or short-term effects.

    "Canceling the research budget was a dangerously near-sighted decision."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'near' (from Old English 'nēah') and 'sighted' (derived from 'sight', from Old English 'gesihð'). First recorded in the late 16th century, the term originally literalized the physical condition of being able to see clearly only objects close at hand.

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