Sight

/saɪt/ · noun

Meaning

(in the singular) The ability to see..

Definitions by Sense

1. (in the singular) The ability to see.
2. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
3. Something seen.
4. (often in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
5. (often in the plural) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
6. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
7. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
8. 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.

Example Sentences

He is losing his sight and now can barely read.

Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.

O loſs of ſight, of thee I moſt complain!

to gain sight of land

And when hee had spoken these things, while they beheld, hee was taken vp, and a cloud receiued him out of their sight.

He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]

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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Word Forms

• sights
• sicht
• sighting
• sighted

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