sight

[[t]saɪt[/t]]

n.

1) phl the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision

2) the act or fact of seeing

3) one's range of vision on some specific occasion:

Land is in sight[/ex]

4) a view; glimpse

5) mental perception or regard; judgment

6) something seen or worth seeing; spectacle:

the sights of London[/ex]

7) inf a person or thing that is unusual, shocking, or distressing to see:

He was a sight after the brawl[/ex]

8) sts Chiefly Dial. a multitude; great deal:

It's a sight better to work than to starve[/ex]

9) sur an observation taken with a surveying, navigating, or other instrument to ascertain an exact position or direction

10) sur opt any of various mechanical or optical viewing devices, as on a firearm, for aiding the eye in aiming

11) Obs. skill; insight

12) to see, glimpse, notice, or observe:

to sight a ship to the north[/ex]

13) sur to take a sight or observation of, esp. with surveying or navigating instruments

14) to direct or aim by a sight or sights, as a firearm

15) to provide with sights or adjust the sights of, as a gun

16) to aim or observe through a sight

17) to look carefully in a certain direction

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- at first sight at sight by a long sight, catch sight of on sight out of sight sight for sore eyes sight unseen

Etymology: bef. 950; ME; OE (ge)sihth, gesiht (c. OSgisiht, OHG (ge)sicht sight, face; cf. y-), der. of sēon to see I; see -th I sight′er, n.