sight

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Old English sihþ (something seen)

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sight (plural sights)

  1. the ability to see
  2. something seen
    • 2005, Lesley Brown (translator), Plato (author), Sophist, 236d:
    • He's a really remarkable man 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!

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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

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