sight
IPA: sˈaɪt
noun
- (in the singular) The ability to see.
- The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
- Something seen.
- (often in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
- (often in the plural) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
- A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
- (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
- 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.
- (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
- Mental view; opinion; judgment.
verb
- (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
- (transitive) To observe though, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
- (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
- (transitive, intransitive) To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
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Examples of "sight" in Sentences
- My eye sight is pretty good.
- It was a wretched, pitiable sight.
- I listed the traffic of the sight.
- An optometrist is checking his sight.
- Kihn screeches in horror at the sight.
- In the days after the battle, the sight in his left eye faded.
- Each shutter is positioned in the line of sight of one of the eyes of a user.
- The missing items include night vision goggle, laser sights and rifle scopes.
- The motif of sight and vision is as central to the poem as it is to modernism.
- Similarly, New York City is valued more in the autumn for its cooler weather and plentitude of sights to see.
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