"reading glasses" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} reading glasses pl (plural only)
  1. Any type of spectacles intended chiefly to deal with the effects of presbyopia by magnifying details such as fine text. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Glasses Synonyms: readers, ;, cheaters Related terms: magnifying glass Translations (spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia): نظارة طبية (Arabic), 老人目鏡 /老人目镜 (lāu-lâng ba̍k-kiàⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 老人鏡 /老人镜 (lāu-lâng-kiàⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 花鏡 /花镜 (hoe-kiàⁿ) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 老花鏡 /老花镜 (lou⁵ faa¹ geng³) (Chinese Cantonese), 老花眼鏡 /老花眼镜 (alt: lou⁵ faa¹ ngaan⁵ geng³⁻²) (Chinese Cantonese), 老花鏡 /老花镜 (lǎohuājìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 花鏡 /花镜 (huājìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 老花眼鏡 /老花眼镜 (lǎohuā yǎnjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), læsebriller (Danish), leesbril [masculine] (Dutch), lugemisprillid [plural] (Estonian), lukulasit [plural] (Finnish), lunettes de lecture [feminine, plural] (French), Lesebrille [feminine] (German), olvasószemüveg (Hungarian), occhiali da lettura [masculine, plural] (Italian), occhiali per leggere [masculine, plural] (Italian), 돋보기 안경 (dotbogi an'gyeong) (Korean), 돋보기 (dotbogi) (Korean), nákʼee sinilí áháníjįʼ bee hootʼínígíí (Navajo), okulary do czytania [plural] (Polish), ochelari de citit [masculine, plural] (Romanian), очки́ для чте́ния (očkí dlja čténija) [plural] (Russian), anteojos para leer [masculine, plural] (Spanish), gafas para leer [feminine, plural] (Spanish), gafas de lectura [feminine, plural] (Spanish), läsglasögon [neuter, plural] (Swedish), kính đọc sách (Vietnamese)
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    },
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "spectacles to deal with the effects of presbyopia",
      "word": "kính đọc sách"
    }
  ],
  "word": "reading glasses"
}

Download raw JSONL data for reading glasses meaning in English (6.0kB)

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  "msg": "Form tags without form: desc='plural plural-only', tagsets=[('plural', 'plural-only')]",
  "path": [
    "reading glasses"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "reading glasses",
  "trace": ""
}

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