SIGHT

view, survey, sight

(noun) the act of looking or seeing or observing; “he tried to get a better view of it”; “his survey of the battlefield was limited”

sight, ken

(noun) the range of vision; “out of sight of land”

sight, vision, visual sense, visual modality

(noun) the ability to see; the visual faculty

sight

(noun) an instance of visual perception; “the sight of his wife brought him back to reality”; “the train was an unexpected sight”

sight

(noun) a range of mental vision; “in his sight she could do no wrong”

sight

(noun) anything that is seen; “he was a familiar sight on the television”; “they went to Paris to see the sights”

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

(noun) (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent; “a batch of letters”; “a deal of trouble”; “a lot of money”; “he made a mint on the stock market”; “see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos”; “it must have cost plenty”; “a slew of journalists”; “a wad of money”

spy, sight

(verb) catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; “he caught sight of the king’s men coming over the ridge”

sight

(verb) take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

sight (countable and uncountable, plural sights)

(in the singular) The ability to see.

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.

Something seen.

Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.

A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.

(now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.

In a drawing, picture, etc, that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.

(obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.

Mental view; opinion; judgment.

Synonyms

• (ability to see): sense of sight, vision

• (something seen): view

• (aiming device): scope, peep sight

Verb

sight (third-person singular simple present sights, present participle sighting, simple past and past participle sighted)

(transitive) To register visually.

(transitive) To get sight of (something).

(transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight.

(transitive) To take aim at.

Synonyms

• (visually register): see

• (get sight of): espy, glimpse, spot

• (take aim): aim at, take aim at

Anagrams

• ghits, thigs, tighs

Source: Wiktionary

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Sight, n. Etym: [OE. sight, si, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih, gesieh, gesyh; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See See, v. t.]

1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land. A cloud received him out of their sight. Acts. i. 9.

2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes. Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle. Shak. O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Milton.

3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing. Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. Ex. iii. 3. They never saw a sight so fair. Spenser.

5. The instrument of seeing; the eye. Why cloud they not their sights Shak.

6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.

7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless. Wake. That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. Luke xvi. 15.

8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant. Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel. Shak.

9. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming. Farrow.

10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening.

11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money. [Now colloquial]

Note: Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the best usage. "A sight of lawyers." Latimer. A wonder sight of flowers. Gower. At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight.

– Front sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle.

– Open sight. (Firearms) (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be seen, in distinction from one that hides the object. (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an aperture.

– Peep sight, Rear sight. See under Peep, and Rear.

– Sight draft, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the payment of money at sight.

– To take sight, to take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or the like.

Syn.

– Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation; exhibition.

Sight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighting.]

1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. Kane.

2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.

3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.

Sight, v. i. (Mil.)

Definition: To take aim by a sight.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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