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Meaning of sight in English
Pronunciation
/saɪt/
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Verb
sight
Definitions
1.
catch sight of
Examples
« to perceive with the eyes »
« he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge »
Noun
sight
Etymology
Old English (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zicht and German Gesicht‘sight, face, appearance’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century (in sight (sense 2 of the verb))
Definitions
1.
an instance of visual perception
Examples
« the sight of his wife brought him back to reality »
« the train was an unexpected sight »
2.
anything that is seen
Examples
« he was a familiar sight on the television »
« they went to Paris to see the sights »
3.
the ability to see
Examples
« the faculty of vision »
4.
a optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
5.
a range of mental vision
Examples
« in his sight she could do no wrong »
6.
the range of vision
Examples
« out of sight of land »
7.
the act of looking or seeing or observing
Examples
« he tried to get a better view of it »
« his survey of the battlefield was limited »
8.
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Examples
« a batch of letters »
« a deal of trouble »
« a lot of money »
« he made a mint on the stock market »
« it must have cost plenty »