sight

Significat (English)

Noun

1. The ability to see.
2. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
3. Something seen.
4. Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
5. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
6. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
7. (colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
8. 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.
9. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
10. Mental view; opinion; judgment.

Verb

1. To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
2. To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
4. To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.

Synonyms

view

vision

look

appearance

seeing

eyesight

spectacle

aspect

scenery

scene

see

👀

eye

👁️

spot

aim

spy

landscape

behold

notice

observe

attraction

sense of sight

vista

panorama

catch sight of

looking

descry

detect

ken

tourist attraction

raft

showplace

prospect

perceive

landmark

gaze

mess

lot

glance

espy

countenance

show

visual sense

image

deal

visual perception

apparition

batch

curiosity

distinguish

eyes

👀

field of vision

flock

glimpse

good deal

great deal

guise

hatful

heap

looking at

make out

mass

mickle

mint

mountain

⛰️

muckle

note

passel

peck

pile

plenty

point of interest

pot

remark

sightseeing

slew

spate

stack

survey

target

tidy sum

train

🚋

viewpoint

visage

visibility

wad

object of interest

place of interest

quite a little

tourist feature

visual modality

observation

perception

facet

obverse

opening

opinion

outlook

pace

face

something worth seeing

sightglass

peep hole

examination

perceptibility

performance

perspective

phenomenon

peep door

play

plentiful

sense vision

point

pointing

breech-sight

port

colour perception

presentation

prevision

estimate

espial

act of seeing

respect

scarecrow

discern

direct

scope

scrutiny

depending on

daydream

semblance

shape

cover

complexion

sightedness

spying out

sight-seeing

site

oculus

slot

right smart

collimate

speed

circumstances

catch side of

visual system

stare

strive

optesthesia

take aim

observation port

viewing port

sight window

velocity

bugbear

ability to see

views

power of sight

lanscape

beholding

visit

aspiration

visual

acquiring

sighting slit

way

wicket

wide

widely

witness

wondrous

zero in

distant view

field of regard

give on

home in

home on

homing on

observation hole

eye split

hard

observing aperture

range in

heaps

hole

🕳️

horizon

gunsight

inspection

judgement

greatly

glower

glory-hole

laying

level

locate

front sight

look at

foresight

raree-show

look out

field of view

lots

aperture

marvel

take aim at

field

observation door

mile

visual field

molto

monument

prothole

much

a lot

aim at

far

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/saɪt/

Etimologia (English)

Inherited from anglès mitjà: siȝht

Inherited from anglès antic: siht

Cognate with escocès: sicht

Cognate with Saterfriesisch: Sicht

Cognate with frisó occidental: sicht

Cognate with neerlandès: zicht

Cognate with alemany: Sicht

Cognate with danès: sigte

Cognate with suec: sikte

In summary

From Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -th. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.

Frases

But don't let that out of your sight .

No plan was so suggestive as that of quenching his sight .