Saturday, February 07, 2009

Word of The Day

EYE-OPENER

Function
: noun (count)

Plural: eye-openers

Status: informal

Meaning:

Something that shows or teaches you something in a surprising way

e.g.

Traveling abroad can be a real eye-opener to many people. They say her biography is quite an eye-opener. The speech was an eye-opener for us.

Derived form:


eye–opening
adjective

Comparative and superlative forms: more eye-opening; most eye-opening

e.g.

Traveling abroad was an eye-opening experience. The movie has some eye-opening special effects.

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