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Sight

sʌɪt

Sight definitions
noun
sight sights
  1. the faculty or power of seeing

    "Joseph lost his sight as a baby"

    eyesight vision eyes faculty of sight power of sight ability to see visual perception observation
    • the action or fact of seeing someone or something

      "I've always been scared of the sight of blood"

    • the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen

      "he now refused to let Rose out of his sight"

    • a person's view or consideration

      "we are all equal in the sight of God"

  2. a thing that one sees or that can be seen

    "John was a familiar sight in the bar for many years"

    • places of interest to tourists and visitors in a city, town, or other place

      "she offered to show me the sights"

    • a person or thing having a ridiculous, repulsive, or dishevelled appearance

      "‘I must look a frightful sight,’ she said"

  3. a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting a person's precise aim or observation

    "there were reports of a man on the roof aiming a rifle and looking through its sights"

verb
sight sighted sighting sights
  1. manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of

    "tell me when you sight London Bridge"

    glimpse catch/get a glimpse of catch sight of see spot spy notice observe make out pick out detect have sight of
  2. take aim by looking through the sights of a gun

    "she sighted down the barrel"

    • take a detailed visual measurement of something with or as with a sight

      "he had to sight along the planks in the proper order to get the line right"

    • adjust the sight of (a firearm or optical instrument)

      "even when using binoculars, it is difficult to sight the lens angle in reverse"