sight

English

Etymology

Old English sihþ (“something seen”)

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -aɪt
• Homophones: cite, site

Noun

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!

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from sight

sight for sore eyes far-sighted in sight insight long-sighted near-sighted

not a pretty sight at sight on sight out of sight out of sight, out of mind outsight

second sight short-sighted sight for sore eyes sight unseen

Translations

ability to see

Afrikaans: sig Ancient Greek: ὄψις Arabic: نظر (ar) (náZar) m. Basque: ikusmen (eu) Catalan: vista f. Chinese: Mandarin: 視力 (cmn), 视力 (cmn) (shìlì), 視覺 (cmn), 视觉 (cmn) (shìjué), 眼力 (cmn) (yǎnlì) Czech: zrak (cs) m. Danish: syn (da) n. Dutch: gezichtsvermogen Finnish: näkö (fi) French: vue (fr) f., vision (fr) f. Old French: veüe f. German: Sehvermögen (de) Greek: όραση (el) (órasi) f. Hebrew: ראייה (re'iya) f. Hungarian: látás (hu) Indonesian: tampak (id) Irish: amharc (ga) m. Italian: vista (it) f.

Japanese: 視覚 (ja) (しかく, shikaku) Korean: 시력 (ko) (siryeok) Latgalian: redzeiba f. Latin: visus (la) m. Latvian: redze f. Lithuanian: regėjimas (lt), rega (lt) f. Malayalam: കാഴ്ച്ച (ml) (kaazhchcha), ദൃഷ്ഠി (ml) (drushTi) Polish: wzrok (pl) m. Portuguese: visão (pt) Romanian: vedere (ro) f., văz (ro) n. Russian: зрение (ru) (zrénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: sealladh (gd) m. Serbian: vid (sr) Spanish: visión (es), vista (es) f. Swedish: syn (sv) c., synförmåga (sv) c. Telugu: దృష్టి (drushti), చూపు Turkish: Görünür (tr) Vietnamese: thị lực, sức nhìn Volapük: logasien (vo)

something seen

Afrikaans: gesig, aanskouing Arabic: مشهد (ar) (másh-had) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 視野 (cmn), 视野 (cmn) (shìyě) Dutch: aanblik (nl) Finnish: näköala, näkökenttä French: vue (fr) f. Greek: θέαμα (el) (théama) n. Hebrew: מראה (he) (mar'eh) m. Hindi: दर्शन (hi) (darśan) m. Hungarian: látvány (hu) Indonesian: nampak (id) Italian: vista (it) f.

Latin: visus (la) m. Malayalam: കാഴ്ച്ച (ml) (kaazhchcha) Polish: widok (pl) m. Portuguese: vista (pt) Romanian: vedere (ro) f., priveliște (ro) f. Russian: вид (ru) (vid) m. Scottish Gaelic: sealladh (gd) m., fianais (gd) f. Serbian: vidik, prizor m. Spanish: vista (es) f. Swedish: anblick (sv) c., syn (sv) c., åsyn (sv) c., Turkish: Görünür (tr) Vietnamese: tầm nhìn

something worth seeing

Afrikaans: besienswaardigheid, besigtigheid Arabic: منظر يستحق المشاهدة (ar) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 景色 (cmn) (jǐngsè) Danish: seværdighed (da) c. Dutch: bezienswaardigheid (nl) Finnish: nähtävyys (fi), näkemisen (fi) arvoinen (fi) German: Sehenswürdigkeit (de) Greek: θέαμα (el) (théama) n. Hebrew: אתר (atar) m. Hungarian: látnivaló (hu)

Italian: spettacolo (it) m. Japanese: 見物 (ja) Polish: atrakcja turystyczna f. Romanian: spectacol (ro) n., priveliște (ro) f. Russian: достопримечательность (ru) (dostoprimečátel’nost’) f. Scottish Gaelic: sealladh (gd) m. Serbian: vidik, prizor m. Spanish: lugar de interés m., espectáculo (es) m., panorama (es) m. Swedish: sevärdhet (sv) c. Telugu: దృశ్యము (drushyamu) Vietnamese: cảnh (vi)

device used in aiming a firearm

Afrikaans: visier Chinese: Mandarin: 瞄準鏡 (cmn), 瞄准镜 (cmn) (miáozhǔnjìng) Danish: sigte (da) n. Dutch: vizier (nl) Finnish: tähtäin (fi) French: mire (fr) f. German: Visier (de) Greek: στόχαστρο (el) (stóchastro) n.

Hebrew: כוונת (kavenet) f. Italian: mirino (it) m. Polish: celownik (pl) m. Portuguese: mira (pt) Russian: прицел (ru) (pricél) m. Serbian: vizir (sr) m. Spanish: visor (es) m., mira (es) f. Swedish: sikte (sv) n.

Verb

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• resight

Translations

visually register

Afrikaans: sien Finnish: nähdä (fi) French: voir (fr) German: sehen (de) Italian: vedere (it) Korean: 보다 (boda)

Polish: dojrzeć, zobaczyć Portuguese: ver (pt) Russian: увидеть (uvídet’) Spanish: ver (es) Swedish: se (sv) Vietnamese: nhìn thấy

get sight of

Afrikaans: sien Finnish: saada näkyviinsä French: apercevoir (fr) German: erblicken Italian: avvistare (it) Korean: 보다 (boda)

Polish: zobaczyć (pl) Portuguese: avistar (pt) Russian: увидеть (uvídet’); заметить (zamétit’) Spanish: avistar (es) Swedish: få syn (sv) på, sikta (sv)

take aim at

Afrikaans: korrel, mik Finnish: tähdätä (fi) French: viser (fr) Italian: mirare (it) Korean: 겨누다 (gyeonuda)

Polish: celować Portuguese: mirar (pt) Russian: целиться (tsélit’sja) Swedish: sikta (sv)

See also

• see
• vision

Statistics

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