sight
noun
1. an instance of visual perception
- the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
- the train was an unexpected sight
Definition categories: thought
2. anything that is seen
- he was a familiar sight on the television
- they went to Paris to see the sights
Definition categories: communication, display
3. the ability to see; the visual faculty
Similar word(s): vision
Definition categories: thought, modality, exteroception
4. a range of mental vision
- in his sight she could do no wrong
Definition categories: thought, perspective, position, view
5. the range of vision
- out of sight of land
Similar word(s): ken
Definition categories: thought, compass, grasp, range, reach
6. the act of looking or seeing or observing
Definition categories: act, look, looking
7. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Similar word(s): batch, deal, flock, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, raft, slew, spate, stack, wad
Definition categories: quantity
Sentences with sight as a noun:
- to gain sight of land
- You really look a sight in that silly costume!
- the sight of a quadrant
- a sight of money
- This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
verb
1. catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
- he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Similar word(s): spy
Definition categories: perception, comprehend, perceive
2. take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
Definition categories: perception, aim, direct, take, train
Sentences with sight as a verb:
- to sight land from a ship
- to sight a rifle or a cannon