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# blindness

«blindness» in Mova's school dictionary: **being unable to see, either completely or almost completely** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (blindness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Blindness is being unable to see, either completely or almost completely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#m1)

2) Blindness to something means not noticing or not understanding it: «his blindness to his own mistakes». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#m2)

3) Colour blindness is when someone cannot tell some colours apart, often red and green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons, eyes need light to see; blindness can be from birth, illness or injury. Blind people may use a white cane, a guide dog and Braille (raised dots read with fingers). Inclusion lessons teach kind, respectful behaviour: offer help, ask first, do not pat a working guide dog. Phrases: «colour blindness», «snow blindness», «night blindness».

### examples

- Blindness can be caused by illness or injury. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x1)
- Helen Keller lived with blindness and deafness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x2)
- Braille helps people with blindness to read. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x3)
- Colour blindness is more common in boys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x4)
- Snow blindness happens when bright sun reflects off snow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x5)
- Guide dogs help people with blindness to move safely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x6)
- Sunglasses protect your eyes from damage that can lead to blindness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x7)
- His blindness to danger worried his mum. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x8)
- “‘What is the cure for your blindness?’ [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/#x9)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: blind; adverb: blindly. Polite language: «a blind person», «a person who is blind» or «visually impaired». Safety: never look straight at the Sun, even during an eclipse — it can damage your eyes.

### In the corpora

- [Red-green colour blindness affects about 1 in 12 men of European descent.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/42-olympiad-picture-puzzles/15/)
- [Missing something in plain sight because your attention is elsewhere is called inattentional blindness.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/11-eyes-up/8/)
- [Colour blindness is usually inherited, is much more common in boys, and most often makes red and green hard to tell apart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/27-the-optician-and-glasses/12/)
- [The LORD will smite thee with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/DEU.765/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «blindness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/blindness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.