sight

Plural: sights

Noun

• an instance of visual perception
  • "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"
  • "the train was an unexpected sight"
• anything that is seen
  • "he was a familiar sight on the television"
  • "they went to Paris to see the sights"
• the ability to see; the visual faculty
• a range of mental vision
  • "in his sight she could do no wrong"
• the range of vision
  • "out of sight of land"
• the act of looking or seeing or observing
• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
• The ability to see.
• The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
• Something seen.
• Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
• 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.
• 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.
• The instrument of seeing; the eye.
• Mental view; opinion; judgment.

Verb

Verb Forms: sighted, sighting, sights

• To perceive with the eyes; to observe or notice.
• catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
  • "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)
• To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
• 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.
• To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
• To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.

Examples

• a sight of money
• He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
• I SIGHT a potential bingo across the triple word score, if only I had an ’E’.
• In their sight it was harmless.
• the sight of a quadrant
• This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
• to gain sight of land
• to sight a rifle or a cannon
• to sight land from a ship
• 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!

Synonyms

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, ken, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, slew, spate, spy, stack, survey, tidy sum, view, vision, visual modality, visual sense, wad, aim at, espy, glimpse, peep sight, scope, see, sense of sight, spot, take aim at

Related Words

see, vision

Anagrams of sight