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# optician

noun (an optician, opticians)

«optician» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. An optician is a person whose job is to test people's eyes and make or sell glasses and contact lenses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#m1)
2. The optician's is the shop where they work. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/#m2)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «optician» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optician/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«optician» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/optician.html) on Mova free.