sight

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/saɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: siȝht

Inherited from Old English: siht

Cognate with Scots: sicht

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Sicht

Cognate with Western Frisian: sicht

Cognate with Dutch: zicht

Cognate with German: Sicht

Cognate with Danish: sigte

Cognate with Swedish: 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 + -t. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.

Synonyms

view

vision

look

appearance

seeing

eyesight

spectacle

👓

aspect

scenery

scene

eye

👁️

see

👀

spot

landscape

aim

spy

notice

behold

panorama

vista

sense of sight

observe

attraction

catch sight of

detect

descry

tourist attraction

deal

glance

visual sense

gaze

lot

showplace

looking

countenance

mess

raft

image

ken

perceive

espy

landmark

prospect

show

distinguish

note

passel

apparition

mint

glimpse

Translations

vue

vista

vista

Sehenswürdigkeit

Anblick

visión

zicht

vista

vision

vista

👁️

mira

Sicht

Visier

aanblik

avvistare

Sentences

But don't let that out of your sight .

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