Meaning of eye-opening in English - Cambridge Dictionary

eye-opening definition: 1. surprising, and teaching you new facts about life, people, etc.: 2. surprising, and teaching…. Learn more. Meaningofeye-openinginEnglish eye-openingadjectiveuk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈaɪˌəʊ.pən.ɪŋ/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /ˈaɪˌoʊp.nɪŋ/ surprising,andteachingyounewfactsaboutlife,people,etc.:Viewingthebattlesceneupcloseisaneye-openingexperience."HackingDemocracy"isaneye-openingdocumentaryaboutthedangersofrelyingoncomputerstorecordelectionresults. Thefilm"ChinaBlue,"isaneye-openinglookintothelivesofsweatshopworkers.Thereportisveryaccurateandveryeye-opening.Oncesampled,audiobooksareagenuineeye-openingdiscovery. Surprisingandshocking amaze amazing amazingly astonish astonishing blinding dynamite earth-shattering earth-shatteringly earthshakingly overtake shocking springsomethingonsomeone stagger staggering staggeringly startle stun thedarnedestthingidiom thunderbolt Seemoreresults» Youcanalsofindrelatedwords,phrases,andsynonymsinthetopics: Defining&explaining   Wanttolearnmore? ImproveyourvocabularywithEnglishVocabularyinUsefromCambridge.Learnthewordsyouneedtocommunicatewithconfidence. (Definitionofeye-openingfromtheCambridgeAdvancedLearner'sDictionary&Thesaurus©CambridgeUniversityPress) Examplesofeye-opening eye-opening Afewofthepapershereproviderealeye-openingdataonpterosaurmorphology. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Intheearlydaysanewtheoryinevitablytriggersaneye-openingphaseofimprovementandtesting. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Thatwasaneye-openingmomentforme,anepiphanyforme. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Thedistributionoflabelingwithintheinnerplexiformlayerchangedfromnonorganizedtolaminatedappearancepriortoeye-opening. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Icanhonestlysaythatthiswasoneofthemosteye-openingexperiencesofmylife. FromtheCambridgeEnglishCorpus Imustsaythatithasbeenaneye-openingexperience. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Onemightdescribeitasaneye-openinginvention. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Asyoumightexpect,itisaveryeye-openingexercisefromtheirpointofview. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Theoccasionwasbotheye-openingandshocking. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Theconsequencesofforfeitureareeye-opening. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Itwasaneye-openingexperience. FromtheHansardarchive ExamplefromtheHansardarchive.ContainsParliamentaryinformationlicensedundertheOpenParliamentLicencev3.0 Headsmall,snoutconstricted,slightlylongerthanthediameteroftheorbit;nostrildirectedupwards,perfectlyvertical;tympanumnaked,smallerthantheeye-opening. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Tomakethesechoicesconscious,atleastonceinawhile,canberefreshingandeveneye-opening. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Withsomanyindividualvoicesandperspectivesinthemix,theresultsareofteneye-openingandear-opening. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Thebandhadbeenexperimentingwithdifferentstylesandmoodswithoutanycleardirection,butafterthiseye-openingconcert,thingsgotmuchclearer. FromWikipedia ThisexampleisfromWikipediaandmaybereusedunderaCCBY-SAlicense. Seeallexamplesofeye-opening Theseexamplesarefromcorporaandfromsourcesontheweb.AnyopinionsintheexamplesdonotrepresenttheopinionoftheCambridgeDictionaryeditorsorofCambridgeUniversityPressoritslicensors. Translationsofeye-opening inChinese(Traditional) 使人驚奇的，令人大開眼界的，使人恍然大悟的… Seemore inChinese(Simplified) 使人惊奇的，令人大开眼界的，使人恍然大悟的… Seemore inPortuguese evelador… Seemore Needatranslator? Getaquick,freetranslation! 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