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# optician

«optician» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person whose job is to test people's eyes and make or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an optician, opticians)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An optician is a person whose job is to test people's eyes and make or sell glasses and contact lenses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#m1)

2) The optician's is the shop where they work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life: you go to the optician's for an eye test. In stories, a child who cannot read the board may visit the optician and get glasses. Phrases: "go to the optician's", "an eye test at the optician's".

### examples

- I had an eye test at the optician's today. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#x1)
- The optician said I need glasses for reading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#x2)
- The optician asked me to read letters on a chart. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#x3)
- My mum picked new frames at the optician's. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#x4)
- The optician shone a little light into my eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#x5)
- Opticians can tell if your eyes are healthy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#x6)
- We waited at the optician while my glasses were fixed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#x7)

### note

Countable: an optician. In the UK "optician" is common; in the USA people often say "optometrist" or "eye doctor". An ophthalmologist is a medical doctor for eyes. "The optician's" with 's means the shop.

### In the corpora

- [Children who cannot see well often do not know it, so eye tests at school or an optician matter.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/87-eyes-ears-and-moving/19/)
- [Grandad couldn't read his paper the next morning and had to go to the optician.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/2/)
- [Zara's optician asked her how long she plays.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/10/)
- [Regular eye checks with an optician can catch problems early.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/420-eyes-backs-and-thumbs/26/)
- [Eye tests are free for children in the UK, and an optician can answer most eye myths.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/myths/3-eyes-and-ears/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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