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# eyeglasses

«eyeglasses» in Mova's school dictionary: **Glasses: two lenses in a frame that you wear in front of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, plural (eyeglasses)

### meaning for a pupil

(mainly US) Glasses: two lenses in a frame that you wear in front of your eyes to help you see better. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeglasses/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, many children and adults wear eyeglasses for short or long sight; an optician tests eyes. In science, the lenses bend light to focus it. Phrases: «a pair of eyeglasses», «wear eyeglasses».

### examples

- Grandpa can't read without his eyeglasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeglasses/#x1)
- I got my first pair of eyeglasses this year. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeglasses/#x2)
- My eyeglasses steam up when I come inside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeglasses/#x3)
- The optician checked if I needed eyeglasses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeglasses/#x4)
- Eyeglasses have curved lenses that bend light. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeglasses/#x5)
- She keeps her eyeglasses in a red case. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/eyeglasses/#x6)

### note

Always plural: «my eyeglasses are...», «a pair of eyeglasses». Mostly US; in the UK, Ireland and Australia people usually say «glasses» or «spectacles» («specs», informal).

### In the corpora

- [Eyeglasses were invented in Italy around 1280 to 1290, so people over 40 could keep reading and sewing.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/62-everyday-inventions-pots-boats-wheels-horses-clocks-and-glasses/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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