twenty twenty
/ˌtwɛntiˈtwɛnti/
adjective
- Having normal or perfect visual acuity, especially as measured on a Snellen chart (20/20 vision).
- After getting glasses, she had twenty-twenty vision for the first time.
- The eye doctor said my eyesight is still twenty-twenty even at my age.
- You need twenty-twenty vision to qualify for that pilot training program.
- Used to describe the ability to see or understand things clearly after they have happened, often in the phrase 'hindsight is twenty-twenty'.
- With twenty-twenty hindsight, we realize we should have left earlier.
- It's easy to be twenty-twenty after the fact, but at the time the choice was hard.
- Of course I should have invested then — hindsight is always twenty-twenty.
noun
- Normal or perfect eyesight, as measured by the Snellen test.
- Most people don't have natural twenty-twenty their whole lives.
- The athlete's twenty-twenty helped him spot the ball from far away.
- She was proud of her twenty-twenty and never needed glasses.