Eyeline

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The horizontal portion of the face that includes the eyes.
  2. 2
    Line of sight.

    "Jake: Really? Well, I still chose you. Paula: Why? Because I happened to be in your eye line?"

  3. 3
    The direction in which an actor or presenter is looking.

    "They realise that trajectories, space expansion and crushing are different with different lenses, whether wide angle or telephoto, and that actors' eyelines will be altered."

  4. 4
    Synonym of eyestripe.

Synonyms

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eyestripe

Example

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"Jake: Really? Well, I still chose you. Paula: Why? Because I happened to be in your eye line?"

Etymology

From eye + line.

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