Sight Definition
sīt
sighted, sighting, sights
noun
sights
The ability to see.
American Heritage
A remarkable or spectacular view; spectacle.
Webster's New World
Something seen; view.
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The act of seeing; perception by the eyes.
Webster's New World
A thing worth seeing.
The sights of the city.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
sighted, sighting, sights
To observe or examine by taking a sight.
Webster's New World
To catch sight of; see.
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To take aim or an observation with a sight.
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To bring into the sights of a rifle, etc.; aim at.
Webster's New World
To look carefully in a specified direction.
Sight along the line.
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Antonyms:
- be blind
adjective
Read, done, understood, etc. quickly and easily as soon as seen.
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Due or payable when presented.
A sight draft.
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idiom
a sight
- A lot; much:
We're a sight better off without him.
American Heritage
on sight
- Immediately upon being seen:
threatened to shoot looters on sight.
American Heritage
out of sight
- Remarkable; incredible:
The graduation party was out of sight.
American Heritage
sight for sore eyes
- One whom it is a relief or joy to see.
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sight unseen
- Without seeing the object in question:
bought the horse sight unseen.
American Heritage
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Sight
- a sight
- on sight
- out of sight
- sight for sore eyes
- sight unseen
- a sight for sore eyes
- at first sight
- at sight
- by sight
- catch sight of
- lose sight of
- not by a long sight
- out of sight
- out of sight of
- set one's sights on
- sight unseen
Origin of Sight
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Middle English from Old English sihth, gesiht something seen sekw-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old English sihþ (“something seen").
From Wiktionary
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