sighting
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4.0
- noun
- /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/
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avistamiento
- After months of searching, we finally had a sighting of the elusive bird in the dense forest.
- report a sighting
- record a sighting
- shark sightings
Examples
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That puts him 20 miles from the sighting in Hexham.
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And there are scattered reports of sightings over Miami, Ft. Worth, and Memphis.
Fiction book (1996) -
We still have no sighting and no comments from the Captain himself.
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The date of the first sighting was given as May 15 rather than May 13.
Academic text (2017) -
There has not been a single confirmed sighting of an animal in my lifetime.
Fiction book (1994) -
There are more sightings here than ever before.
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We have a sighting of the parachute.
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And considering how few sightings there have been of any large avians, they must be rare.
Fiction book (1998) -
Greve's chance encounter was one of an increasing number of aye-aye sightings in the last decade.
Academic text (1993) -
The first visit to the Kinabatangan River produced six sightings of solitary orangutans.
Academic text (2008)
Synonyms
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2.9
Finding or noticing something that is hidden and hard to see
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3.2
A small, quick sign that something may be true
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3.8
Seeing or noticing something, often from a distance
Compounds
- Neologism
A person who says they saw a strange round creature in blurry photos
How Clear
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sighting comes from sight meaning 'seeing' or 'something seen' and the ending -ing that turns it into an event. So a sighting is an occasion when someone sees something, often something rare or unexpected.