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How to pronounce eye in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms oculus, optic
Type of receptor, sensory receptor, sense organ
Has types compound eye, naked eye, ocellus, oculus dexter, oculus sinister, od, os, peeper, simple eye, stemma
Type Words
Synonyms eyeball
Type of look
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Synonyms center, centre, heart, middle
Type of country, area
Has types financial center, storm centre, storm center, center stage, central city, centre stage, seat, city center, city centre, midstream, midfield, medical center, inner city, hub


they were in the eye of the storm.
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Type of hole
Derivation eyelet


the thread wouldn't go through the eye.
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Type of attention, attending


he tried to catch her eye.
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Type of sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, sagacity, discernment


she has an eye for fresh talent.
he has an artist's eye.

Examples of eye

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Stand with feet apart, look people in the eye and place your hands on your hips.
From the stltoday.com
Eye exams and dental cleanings, fillings and extractions also will be available.
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Now, prepare for munching, sauntering cows to eye you when you come over a hill.
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Stanford's Andrew Luck is one of ten quarterbacks to keep an eye on this season.
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Come April, if he gets into contention at Augusta, keep an eye out for rainbows.
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Don't forget to talk to your doctor about eye safety if your child plays sports.
From the kansas.com
Interim coach Pete Myers said Pippen had an ice bag over his eye after the game.
From the timesunion.com
In 1981 Japan updated its building guidelines with an eye to earthquake science.
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There's a universal color that is supposed to be appropriate for all eye colors.
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More examples
  • Look at
  • The organ of sight
  • Good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye"
  • Attention to what is seen; "he tried to catch her eye"
  • Center: an area that is approximately central within some larger region; "it is in the center of town"; "they ran forward into the heart of the struggle"; "they were in the eye of the storm"
  • A small hole or loop (as in a needle); "the thread wouldn't go through the eye"
  • EYE Film Institute Netherlands is located in Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
  • Eyes are organs that detect light, and convert it to electro-chemical impulses in neurons. The simplest photoreceptors in conscious vision connect light to movement. ...
  • Eye is an album released by Robyn Hitchcock in 1990 on Glass Fish (UK) and Twin/Tone Records (US) and is his fourth solo album, and eighth including his work with The Egyptians. (This solo effort interrupted a series of releases by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egytians for A&M.)