sight

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Old English sihþ

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Singular
sight

Plural
sights

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!

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Infinitive
to sight

Third person singular
sights

Simple past
sighted

Past participle
sighted

Present participle
sighting

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

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