Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who is professionally trained and licensed to examine the eyes for visual defects, diagnose problems or impairments, and prescribe corrective lenses or provide other types of treatment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who measures the visual power; specifically, an optician without medical training, who fits eyeglasses.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is skilled in or practices optometry, especially one who examines the eyes for defects in vision and prescribes the proper lenses to correct any defects discovered.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a person
trained andskilled inexamining andtesting theeyes fordefects , in order toprescribe corrective lenses ortreatment
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person skilled in testing for defects of vision in order to prescribe corrective glasses
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Examples
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Wednesday night I took out my contacts, put the right one on the edge of its holder and sawed it into strips by the screw-thread top, so Thursday had to call my optometrist for a new set.
karma rant badger 2002
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Apparently, one would only have to call the optometrist and s/he will come to you to take care of all of your optometric needs.
Wired Campus 2010
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He called the optometrist's office and was told the difference was being kept by the practice as a credit toward future visits.
Consumerist 2009
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It would probably have taken me a year to get around to contacting everyone affected, but Dad’s already called her optometrist, dentist, and schoolteachers, old and new.
Losing Faith Denise Jaden 2010
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He called the optometrist’s office and was told the difference was being kept by the practice as a credit toward future visits.
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Why wait until lunch when the optometrist would be inundated with people picking up their prescriptions?
Sharon Premoli: Prelude Sharon Premoli 2011
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Then I could also pick up the eyeglasses I had ordered the night before at an optometrist on the concourse.
Sharon Premoli: Prelude Sharon Premoli 2011
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Why wait until lunch when the optometrist would be inundated with people picking up their prescriptions?
Sharon Premoli: Prelude Sharon Premoli 2011
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However … now that I have figured out there is a restaurant in my burb called Freestyle Tout, (not trout, must see optometrist or remember to hit Enlarge Font) this seems reasonable.
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Then I could also pick up the eyeglasses I had ordered the night before at an optometrist on the concourse.
Sharon Premoli: Prelude Sharon Premoli 2011
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