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# optometrist

noun (an optometrist, optometrists)

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

## Everyday

An optometrist is a person trained to test people's eyesight, check eye health and prescribe glasses or contact lenses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optometrist/#m1)

### In the lessons

Met in everyday life and science lessons on the eye; children visit for eye tests. Phrases: go to the optometrist, eye test.

### Examples

- The optometrist tested my eyes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optometrist/#x1)
- I read letters on a chart at the optometrist's. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optometrist/#x2)
- The optometrist said I need glasses for reading. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optometrist/#x3)
- An optometrist looks at the back of your eye with a light. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optometrist/#x4)
- Mum is an optometrist. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optometrist/#x5)
- Children should see an optometrist regularly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/optometrist/#x6)

### Note

Say «an optometrist». In the UK, people often say «optician». An ophthalmologist is a doctor who does eye surgery; an optometrist is not a surgeon.

## On Mova

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