n.
- the faculty or power of seeing.
- the action or fact of seeing someone or something.
▸the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen.
- a thing that one sees or that can be seen.
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(sights)
places of interest to tourists and other visitors.
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(a sight)
informal a person or thing having a ridiculous or unattractive appearance.
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(also sights)
a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting in precise aim or observation.
v.
- manage to see or briefly observe.
- take aim by looking through the sights of a gun.
- take a detailed visual measurement with or as with a sight.
▸adjust the sight of (a gun or optical instrument).
Phrase
Derivative
- sighted adj.
- sighter n.
- sighting n.
Usage
On the confusion of sight and site, see usage at site.
Etymology
OE (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of W. Gmc origin.