eye

CEFRA1

/ˈaɪ̯/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The organ used for seeing.

  2. 02

    noun

    A hole or loop in a needle or tool.

Examples

  • An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

  • The headline caught my eye this morning.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.

  2. The visual sense.

  3. An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).

More examples

In context

  • The job requires skill and an eye for detail.

  • The car was quite pleasing to the eye, but impractical.

  • Bright lights really hurt my eyes.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English eye, yë, eyghe, from Old English ēage (“eye”), from Proto-West Germanic *augā, from Proto-Germanic *augô (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Related to ogle. Cognates Cognate with Scots ee, eh (“eye”), North Frisian Oog, uug (“eye”), Saterland Frisian Oge, Ooge (“eye”), West Frisian each (“eye”), Alemannic German, Bavarian Aug (“eye”), Central Franconian Au, Auch, Ooch (“eye”), Dutch oog (“eye”), German Aug, Auge (“eye”), Low German Auge, Oog (“eye”), Luxembourgish A (“eye”), Vilamovian aojg, aug, oüg (“eye”), Yiddish אויג (oyg, “eye”), Danish øje (“eye”), Elfdalian oga (“eye”), Faroese eyga (“eye”), Icelandic auga (“eye”), Norwegian Bokmå...