TWENTY-TWENTY


Meaning of TWENTY-TWENTY in English

Variant: or 20/20

Pronunciation: - ' twen-t ē , - ' tw ə n-

Function: adjective

Etymology: from the testing of vision by reading letters at a distance of 20 feet

Date: 1875

1 of the human eye : meeting a standard of normal visual acuity < twenty-twenty vision>

2 : marked by facilely accurate discernment, judgment, or assessment <hindsight is twenty-twenty >

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