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Sight is the ability to see, the act of seeing or something seen.
(noun)- An example of sight is being able to see well in the darkness.
- An example of a sight is a view of the Grand Canyon.
Sight is defined as to see, notice or observe.
(verb)An example of to sight is to see land after sailing for a week.
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See sight in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- something seen; view
- a remarkable or spectacular view; spectacle
- a thing worth seeing: usually used in pl.: the sights of the city
- the act of seeing; perception by the eyes
- a view; look; glimpse
- any of various devices used to aid the eyes in lining up a gun, optical instrument, etc. on its objective
- aim or an observation taken with mechanical aid, as on a sextant or gun
- the faculty or power of seeing; vision; eyesight
- mental vision or perception
- range or field of vision
- mental view; opinion; judgment: a hero in our sight
- Informal any person or thing of a strikingly unpleasant or unusual appearance
- Dialectal a large amount; great deal: a sight better than fighting
- Obsolete insight
Origin: ME siht < OE (ge)siht < base of seon, to see
transitive verb
- to observe or examine by taking a sight
- to catch sight of; see
- ☆ to bring into the sights of a rifle, etc.; aim at
- to furnish with sights or a sighting device
- to adjust the sights of
- to aim (a gun, etc.) using the sights
intransitive verb
- to take aim or an observation with a sight
- to look carefully in a specified direction: sight along the line
adjective
- read, done, understood, etc. quickly and easily as soon as seen
- ☆ due or payable when presented: a sight draft
See sight in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- The ability to see.
- The act or fact of seeing: hoping for a sight of land; caught sight of a rare bird.
- Field of vision.
- The foreseeable future; prospect: no solution in sight.
- Mental perception or consideration: We lost sight of the purpose of our visit.
- Something seen; a view.
- Something worth seeing; a spectacle: the sights of London.
- Informal Something unsightly: Your hair is a sight.
- a. A device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.b. An aim or observation taken with such a device.
- An opportunity to observe or inspect.
- Upper Southern U.S. A large number or quantity: A sight of people were there.
- To perceive with the eyes; get sight of: sighted land after 40 days at sea.
- To observe through a sight or an optical instrument: sight a target.
- To adjust the sights of (a rifle, for example).
- To take aim with (a firearm).
- To direct one's gaze; look carefully.
- To take aim: sighted along the barrel of the gun.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old English sihth, gesiht, something seen; see sekw-2 in Indo-European roots
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