Phrase guide

field of vision

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfiːld əv ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
  • General-American: /ˈfild əv ˈvɪʒ(ə)n/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪʒən

1

noun

Meaning 1

The area that a person, an animal, etc. can see with its eyes (or each eye individually) without turning the head.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: field of view, visual field

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

all of the points of the physical environment that can be perceived by a stable eye at a given moment

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: visual field, field of regard

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: visual percept, visual image

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: ساحة بصرية — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Basque: ikuseremu — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Catalan: camp visual — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Chinese Mandarin: 視野 /视野 (shìyě) — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Danish: synsfelt — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Dutch: gezichtsveld — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Dutch: zichtveld — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Dutch: blikveld — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Esperanto: vidkampo — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Finnish: näkökenttä — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • French: champ de vision — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • French: champ visuel — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Galician: campo de visión — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Georgian: მხედველობის არე (mxedvelobis are) — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • German: Blickfeld — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • German: Sichtbereich — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Greek: οπτικό πεδίο (optikó pedío) — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Hungarian: látómező — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Hungarian: látótér — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Italian: campo di visibilità — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Italian: campo visivo — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Japanese: 視野 (shiya) — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Japanese: 視界 (shikai) — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Macedonian: видно поле — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Malayalam: ദൃശ്യമണ്ഡലം (dr̥śyamaṇḍalaṁ) — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Norwegian Bokmål: synsfelt — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: synsfelt — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Persian: میدان بینایی — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Polish: pole widzenia — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Russian: по́ле зре́ния (póle zrénija) — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Russian: визуальное поле — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Serbo-Croatian: vidno polje — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Spanish: campo de visión — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Thai: ลานสายตา — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Turkish: görüş alanı — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Ukrainian: зорове поле — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Urdu: بصری میدان — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head
  • Vietnamese: trường thị giác — area that a person, etc. can see without turning the head