🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Hipermetropía

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ipeɾmetɾo'pi.a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Long-Sightedness/lɒŋˈsaɪ.tɪd.nəs/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La hipermetropía puede ser corregida con gafas."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The condition of being able to see distant objects clearly while having difficulty focusing on nearby objects.

    "Many people experience long-sightedness as they age, making it hard to read small print."
  2. 2

    A term used in optics to describe a refractive error where light entering the eye is focused behind the retina.

    "Long-sightedness can often be corrected with glasses or contact lenses."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'long-sightedness' originates from the combination of 'long' and 'sightedness', where 'sight' comes from Old English 'siht', meaning vision or view. The prefix 'long' implies a distance, indicating the ability to see far away, which has evolved in usage to describe a specific visual condition.

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