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sight
[ sahyt ]
noun
- the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
- an act, fact, or instance of seeing.
- one's range of vision on some specific occasion:
Land is in sight.
- mental perception or regard; judgment.
- something seen or worth seeing; spectacle:
the sights of London.
- Informal. something unusual, surprising, shocking, or distressing:
They were a sight after the fight.
- Commerce.
- presentation of a bill of exchange:
a draft payable at two months after sight.
- a showing of goods, especially gems, held periodically for wholesalers.
- Older Use. a great deal:
It's a sight better to work than to starve.
- an observation taken with a surveying, navigating, or other instrument to ascertain an exact position or direction.
- any of various mechanical or optical viewing devices, as on a firearm or surveying instrument, for aiding the eye in aiming.
- Obsolete. skill; insight.
verb (used with object)
- to see, glimpse, notice, or observe:
to sight a ship to the north.
- to take a sight or observation of (a stake, coastline, etc.), especially with surveying or navigating instruments.
- to direct or aim by a sight or sights, as a firearm.
- to provide with sights or adjust the sights of, as a gun.
verb (used without object)
- to aim or observe through a sight.
- to look carefully in a certain direction.
sight
/ ²õ²¹Éª³Ù /
noun
- the power or faculty of seeing; perception by the eyes; vision opticalvisual
- the act or an instance of seeing
- the range of vision
within sight of land
- range of mental vision; point of view; judgment
in his sight she could do nothing wrong
- a glimpse or view (esp in the phrases catch sight of, lose sight of )
- anything that is seen
- often plural anything worth seeing; spectacle
the sights of London
- informal.anything unpleasant or undesirable to see
his room was a sight!
- any of various devices or instruments used to assist the eye in making alignments or directional observations, esp such a device used in aiming a gun
- an observation or alignment made with such a device
- an opportunity for observation
- obsolete.insight or skill
- a sight informal.a great deal
she's a sight too good for him
- a sight for sore eyesa person or thing that one is pleased or relieved to see
- at sight or on sight
- as soon as seen
- on presentation
a bill payable at sight
- know by sightto be familiar with the appearance of without having personal acquaintance
I know Mr Brown by sight but we have never spoken
- not by a long sight informal.on no account; not at all
- out of sight
- not visible
- extreme or very unusual
- ( as interj. )
that's marvellous!
- set one's sights onto have (a specified goal) in mind; aim for
- sight unseenwithout having seen the object at issue
to buy a car sight unseen
verb
- tr to see, view, or glimpse
- tr
- to furnish with a sight or sights
- to adjust the sight of
- to aim (a firearm) using the sight
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù²¹²ú±ô±ð, adjective
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù·²¹Â·²ú±ô±ð adjective
- ²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù·±ð°ù noun
- °ù±ð·²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù verb (used with object)
- ³Ü²Ô·»å±ð°ù·²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of sight1
Idioms and Phrases
- at first sight, at the first glimpse; at once:
It was love at first sight.
- at sight,
- immediately upon seeing, especially without referring elsewhere for assurance, further information, etc.:
to translate something at sight.
- Commerce. on presentation:
a draft payable at sight.
- catch sight of, to get a glimpse of; espy:
We caught sight of the lake below.
- know by sight, to recognize (a person or thing) seen previously:
I know him by sight, but I know nothing about him.
- not by a long sight, Informal. definitely not:
Is that all? Not by a long sight.
- on / upon sight, immediately upon seeing:
to shoot him on sight;
to recognize someone on sight.
- out of sight,
- beyond one's range of vision.
- Informal. beyond reason; exceedingly high:
The price is out of sight.
- sight for sore eyes, someone or something whose appearance on the scene is cause for relief or gladness.
- sight unseen, without previous examination:
to buy something sight unseen.
- in plain sight. in plain sight.
More idioms and phrases containing sight
- at first blush (sight)
- at sight
- can't stand the sight of
- catch sight of
- heave into sight
- in sight
- know by sight
- lose sight of
- love at first sight
- lower one's sights
- on sight
- out of sight
- raise one's sights
- second sight
- see the sights
- set one's sights on
- twenty-twenty hindsight
Example Sentences
Perhaps most crucially, “Holy Cow†keeps its sights set on being a study in fast-tracked adulthood, minus judgment or sentimentality.
Perhaps you’ll recognize the familiar sight of middle-class characters wandering into elite circles on an idyllic getaway from films like “The Menu†and “Glass Onion.â€
That sighting occurred a day after an 18-foot gray whale swam in the shallow waters from 1st Place to 72nd Place.
He was blinded in his right eye, which has been replaced with a glass eye, and has only partial sight in the other.
Already, many producers are turning their sights beyond established customers – think whisky makers looking towards Asia.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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