Meaning

3 senses
  1. (uncountable, usually)The condition of being blind; unable to see.

    Blindheit

    слепота́slepotá

    сліпота́slipotá

  2. (figuratively, uncountable, usually)Want of intellectual or moral discernment; mental darkness; ignorance, heedlessness.

  3. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)Concealment

More definitions
  • the state of being blind or lacking sight

Examples

29 sentences
  1. He made up his mind to jog in spite of his blindness.

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  2. Tom has night blindness.

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  3. Looking directly at the sun without adequate eye protection can very seriously damage the eyes or even cause blindness.

    Споглядання сонця без належного захисту очей може призвести до серйозного пошкодження очей або навіть сліпоти.

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  4. We are blind to our blindness.

    deDer eigenen Blindheit gegenüber ist man blind.

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  5. This disease gradually leads to blindness.

    ruЭта болезнь постепенно ведёт к слепоте.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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condition of being blind:
Русский
By meaning 1
condition of being blind:
Deutsch
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condition of being blind:

Origin

From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equival

From Middle English blyndnes, blyndnesse, from Old English blindnes (“blindness”), equivalent to blind + -ness.

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