sight of
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3.1
- noun
:
vista
- Nothing in my life has ever made such an impact as the sight of the children.
- lose sight of
- catch sight of
- never lose sight of
And this is something that, you know, we, we sometimes lose sight of in the present.
- And this is something that, you know, we, we sometimes lose sight of in the present.
- Envy is aroused at the sight of goods that somebody else enjoys.
- And that is something to never lose sight of, like the true love life raft, you know?
- And I think in doing that, we lose sort of sight of how we can actually attack the issue.
- It's like the sight of sores and pains and agony and exhaustion.
- The problem is, like I said, where we lose sight of what the real goal is.
- And Lorene, her mother, is both shocked and speechless and nearly hysterical at the sight of her daughter being LED out of the courtroom in handcuffs.
- This is kind of the idea in the Bible where Moses gets to the edge of the promised land and he's within sight of it, but he's just too old.
- But the sight of me that's already broken, you know?
- And it lost sight of that in the observing reason section.
- When she got home, her mom opened the door on the sight of Maria took her breath away.
Examples
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Vivian's face quickly conceals the sudden awe she feels at the sight of all this luxury.
Fiction book (1990) -
Barbara was shaking visibly at the sight of my tear-stained face, while Dick circled me warily.
Fiction book (1990) -
We should not, however, lose sight of just how important this time of year can be.
Academic text (2012) -
What can happen, though, is we lose sight of the important writing development goals we have for our students.
Academic text (2013) -
Master teachers never lose sight of why they and their students have assembled in the classroom.
Academic text (1990) -
I remember when I first entered East Berlin, my first sight of a totalitarian society.
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- Well, you know, the sight of such a charming girl always gives a lift to an old man's spirit.
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The guests turned, and their eyes widened at the sight of Hael's barbaric attire.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, sure enough, when we landed at the airport in Rome, we were greeted by the appalling sight of miss Dalrymple waving hysterically.
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The sight of the breathtaking mountains left us speechless.
Synonyms
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1.0
The way a person or place seems to other people
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1.8
The way a person or thing looks to other people
31
1.6
The outward appearance of something as seen by others
Antonyms
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3.1
A condition in which a person cannot see because of injury, disease, or being born that way
How Visible
Surface Forms
Morphology
sight + of
The meaning 'appearance or view of someone or something' is directly and transparently derived from 'sight' (the ability or act of seeing) combined with the preposition 'of', which links the sight to its object. This compositional noun + preposition pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows standard English structure, so an average B1 learner who knows both constituents would infer the meaning.
Etymology
Sight of comes from the simple image of 'what you see': sight is what your eyes notice and of connects that view to a person or thing. So 'at the sight of' means 'when you see' and explains why the phrase often shows a quick feeling when someone or something appears.