Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The range of vision; sight.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sight; view; range of vision; glance of the eye.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun range of vision, a distance in which something is
visible - noun photography
range
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the range of the eye
Etymologies
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Examples
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They flutter the corners of the paper you are writing on, scatter the lawn with the pages you have already finished, and cause leaves and flowers to wave within eyeshot, distractingly.
Try Anything Twice 1938
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The view was a long one for the flatlands, the hospital having been built on the only swell within eyeshot.
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Unfortunately the screen itself is highly reflective and the webcam also sits in a small glossy surround with the word 'eyeshot' beside it.
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There were others walking with her on the sidewalk as she stayed within eyeshot of him, so she blended in.
True Story Cary Briel 2011
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Manuelian said Martinez and the informant planned to video the explosion after he detonated the bomb from a site within eyeshot of the Catonsville, Md., recruiting station.
Baltimore man accused of bomb plot was entrapped, defense attorney says Maria Glod 2010
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Manuelian said Martinez and the informant planned to video the explosion after he detonated the bomb from a site within eyeshot of the Catonsville, Md., recruiting station.
Baltimore man accused of bomb plot was entrapped, defense attorney says Maria Glod 2010
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The Brit John sneered at how this was "just American imperialism" and I shot back "Did you not notice that thousands of people were just murdered within eyeshot of where we work?"
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010
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Claudia walked until she was out of eyeshot, then galloped.
The Night Of the Solstice L.J. SMITH 2010
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Manuelian said Martinez and the informant planned to video the explosion after he detonated the bomb from a site within eyeshot of the Catonsville, Md., recruiting station.
Baltimore man accused of bomb plot was entrapped, defense attorney says Maria Glod 2010
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Martinez even planned to video the explosion after he detonated the bomb from a site within eyeshot of the Catonsville recruiting station, prosecutors said.
Terror plot suspect ordered held Maria Glod 2010
yarb commented on the word eyeshot
He heaped me up and pressed me down with civilities, especially within eyeshot of our common patron.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 8 ch. 5
October 3, 2008
reesetee commented on the word eyeshot
Ouch! Why does this sound so much more painful than earshot?
October 3, 2008