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Meaning of in sight in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    in sight

    Definitions

    1. at or within a reasonable distance for seeing

    Examples

    • « not a policeman in sight »
    • « kept the monkey in view »

    Synonyms

    • visible
    • seeable

Famous quotes

  • « If the graves of the thousands of victims who have fallen in the terrible wars of the two races had been placed in line the philanthropist might travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the Lakes to the Gulf, and be constantly in sight of green mounds. »
    Nelson A. Miles
  • « They might not need me but they might. I'll let my head be just in sight a smile as small as mine might be precisely their necessity. »
    Emily Dickinson
  • « I try not to diet because it never really works for me, if I tell myself I can't eat something then I tend to want to eat everything in sight. »
    Leona Lewis
  • « For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for itself a new code of ethics, common to all, made of tolerance, of courage, and of faith in the Spirit of men. »
    Albert Claude

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  • in short order
  • in short
  • in service
  • in series(p)
  • in sight
  • in situ
  • in small stages
  • in some manner
  • in some respects
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