noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
General-American:/ˈaɪˌsaɪt/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:AY1 S AY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Vision or the faculty of sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
good eyesight
poor eyesight
restore eyesight
She has excellent eyesight.
His eyesight began to fail with age.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
View or the range of vision.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
normal use of the faculty of vision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.