sight
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- noun
- /saɪt/
- Around midnight, I woke up to see a truly horrifying sight.
- at first sight
- catch sight
- a sight to behold
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Watch on YouTubeShe said it would be so much worse to be born with sight but no vision.
- She said it would be so much worse to be born with sight but no vision.
- Sensory means just input coming in about sight, sounds, tastes, etcetera.
- The loss of his sight, the paralysis of his hand.
- And so they have some kind of of sight that is apparently at least not conscious.
- You're not getting that sight back if you go bald.
- So the example of blind sight is interesting, but it's different.
Examples
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A young waiter, looking a little dry-mouthed at the sight of her, is holding a telephone.
Fiction book (1990) -
Vincent wondered, for the mere sight of them gave him an uneasy feeling of dread.
Fiction book (1990) -
Never, never have I seen such a beautiful sight.
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Such as, "How will I ever let my son out of my sight again?"
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Get him out of my sight.
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But it's a beautiful sight in in Eastern Oregon.
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This is the best sight I've seen in all of Italy.
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It's a sad sight.
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Others stared, almost amazed at the sight of buildings pockmarked with bullet holes, like wounds torn.
Academic text (2011) -
The northern lights are a breathtaking sight that attracts many tourists to the region.
Synonyms
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3.1
What you see when you look at someone or something
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3.2
A small, quick sign that something may be true
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How well you can see with your eyes
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1.2
An act of looking carefully at something
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1.0
The ability to use your eyes to notice things
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6.0
A full view of something attractive or impressive
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6.2
Something very beautiful or impressive to see
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3.2
Being able to see with your eyes
Antonyms
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3.1
A condition in which a person cannot see because of injury, disease, or being born that way
Idioms
- Informal
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3.2
All the things you can see that people often take or eat quickly
- Informal
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4.2
A welcome person or thing you are glad to see after time away, for example after a hard time
Compounds
- Specialized
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A small rear part with a tiny hole that helps a shooter line up the front post and the target
- Specialized
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8.5
An arrangement of sights on a gun that helps aim quickly at close targets
- Specialized
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8.5
A small change to a gun's aiming device so shots hit a target at a chosen distance
- Specialized
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6.7
A small tube with lenses mounted on a gun to help aim at distant targets
- Specialized
A sight on a large gun that turns in a full circle to help aim accurately
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Etymology
Sight comes from an old English word for 'seeing' and is related to the simple verb see, so it originally meant both the act of seeing and 'a thing seen'. That's why sight now means the ability to see or something impressive you can see.