Pronunciations (3)
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/saɪt/
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/səɪt/
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saɪt
Noun
The sense or faculty by which objects are perceived through the agency of light; the sense by which we see.
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Sight is a precious gift.
He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
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Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
O loſs of ſight, of thee I moſt complain!
An act, instance, opportunity or possibility of seeing; the perception of objects by the eye; view (see also idiomatic expressions such as in sight, out of sight, catch sight of, etc.)
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The sight of him in his new uniform made us all proud.
I need to have sight of the certificate before proceeding.
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to gain sight of land, to lose sight of the aircraft
And when hee had spoken these things, while they beheld, hee was taken vp, and a cloud receiued him out of their sight.
Something seen.
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The sight in front of me seemed somehow familiar.
Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
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We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.
You really look a sight in that ridiculous costume!
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And Moses saide, I will nowe turne aside, and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt.
They never saw a sight so fair.
A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target; see also in one's sights.
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He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]
A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
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the sight of a quadrant
their eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel
a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
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a sight of money
This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
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"If your mother put you in the pit at twelve, it's no reason why I should do the same with my lad." "Twelve! It wor a sight afore that!"
In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
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The instrument of seeing; the eye.
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Why cloude they not their ſights perpetually,
Mental view; opinion; judgment.
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In their sight it was harmless.
a very heinous Sin in the Sight of God
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That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Verb
To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
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I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.
to sight land from a ship
To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually. To observe through, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
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Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.
To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
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to sight a rifle or a cannon
To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
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Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror.
So I sighted the deer with my .30—30 and fired at him. The bullet hit about ten yards below the deer. I realized that I had a problem with the gun so I aimed about ten yards above the deer as he was running and he dropped dead on the [spot].
This buck was finally mine. I had spent hours shooting at moving targets with that rifle and there was no way I could miss. I raised my gun and sighted through the scope.
Noun
an instance of visual perception
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the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
the train was an unexpected sight
anything that is seen
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he was a familiar sight on the television
they went to Paris to see the sights
the ability to see; the visual faculty
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a range of mental vision
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in his sight, she could do no wrong
the range of vision
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out of sight of land
the act of looking or seeing or observing
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he tried to get a better view of it
his survey of the battlefield was limited
(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent
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a batch of letters
a deal of trouble
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a lot of money
he made a mint on the stock market
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
it must have cost plenty
a slew of journalists
a wad of money
a place of interest, especially to visitors
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Verb
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
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he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)