sight

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 See also 1.6 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Old English sihþ

[edit] Pronunciation

• enPR: sīt, IPA: /saɪt/, SAMPA: /saIt/
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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: cite, site

[edit] Noun

sight (plural sights)

1. the ability to see
2. something seen
   • 2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato (author), Sophist, 236d:

     (Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) He's a really remarkable mean and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]

3. something worth seeing
4. a device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target
5. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative

   This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!

[edit] Synonyms

• (ability to see): sense of sight, vision
• (something seen): view
• (aiming device): scope, peep sight

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[edit] Verb

to sight (third-person singular simple present sights, present participle sighting, simple past and past participle sighted)

1. (transitive) to visually register
2. (transitive) to get sight of (something)
3. (transitive) to take aim at

[edit] Synonyms

• (visually register): see
• (get sight of): espy, glimpse, spot
• (take aim): aim at, take aim at

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• see
• vision

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: ghist
• ghits