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sight

  [sahyt]
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–noun
1. the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision.
2. an act, fact, or instance of seeing.
3. one's range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight.
4. a view; glimpse.
5. mental perception or regard; judgment.
6. something seen or worth seeing; spectacle: the sights of London.
7. Informal. something unusual, surprising, shocking, or distressing: They were a sight after the fight.
8. Commerce.
a. presentation of a bill of exchange: a draft payable at two months after sight.
b. a showing of goods, esp. gems, held periodically for wholesalers.
9. Older Use. a multitude; great deal: It's a sight better to work than to starve.
10. an observation taken with a surveying, navigating, or other instrument to ascertain an exact position or direction.
11. any of various mechanical or optical viewing devices, as on a firearm or surveying instrument, for aiding the eye in aiming.
12. Obsolete. skill; insight.
–verb (used with object)
13. to see, glimpse, notice, or observe: to sight a ship to the north.
14. to take a sight or observation of (a stake, coastline, etc.), esp. with surveying or navigating instruments.
15. to direct or aim by a sight or sights, as a firearm.
16. to provide with sights or adjust the sights of, as a gun.
–verb (used without object)
17. to aim or observe through a sight.
18. to look carefully in a certain direction.
—Idioms
19. at first sight, at the first glimpse; at once: It was love at first sight.
20. at sight,
a. immediately upon seeing, esp. without referring elsewhere for assurance, further information, etc.: to translate something at sight.
b. Commerce. on presentation: a draft payable at sight.
21. catch sight of, to get a glimpse of; espy: We caught sight of the lake below.
22. know by sight, to recognize (a person or thing) seen previously: I know him by sight, but I know nothing about him.
23. not by a long sight, Informal. definitely not: Is that all? Not by a long sight.
24. on or upon sight, immediately upon seeing: to shoot him on sight; to recognize someone on sight.
25. out of sight,
a. beyond one's range of vision.
b. Informal. beyond reason; exceedingly high: The price is out of sight.
c. Slang. (often used interjectionally) fantastic; marvelous: a ceremony so glamorous it was out of sight.
26. sight for sore eyes, someone or something whose appearance on the scene is cause for relief or gladness.
27. sight unseen, without previous examination: to buy something sight unseen.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME (n.); OE sihth (more often gesihth, gesiht; c. G Gesicht face; cf. y- ), deriv. of sēon to see 1 ; see -th 1

Related forms:
sight⋅a⋅ble, adjective
sighter, noun
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sight   (sīt)   
n.  
  1. The ability to see.
  2. The act or fact of seeing: hoping for a sight of land; caught sight of a rare bird.
  3. Field of vision.
  4. The foreseeable future; prospect: no solution in sight.
  5. Mental perception or consideration: We lost sight of the purpose of our visit.
  6. Something seen; a view.
  7. Something worth seeing; a spectacle: the sights of London.
  8. Informal Something unsightly: Your hair is a sight.
    1. A device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.
    2. An aim or observation taken with such a device.
  10. An opportunity to observe or inspect.
  11. Upper Southern U.S. A large number or quantity: A sight of people were there.
v.   sight·ed, sight·ing, sights

v.   tr.
  1. To perceive with the eyes; get sight of: sighted land after 40 days at sea.
  2. To observe through a sight or an optical instrument: sight a target.
  3. To adjust the sights of (a rifle, for example).
  4. To take aim with (a firearm).
v.   intr.
  1. To direct one's gaze; look carefully.
  2. To take aim: sighted along the barrel of the gun.

[Middle English, from Old English sihth, gesiht, something seen; see sekw-2 in Indo-European roots.]
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Sight

Sight\, n. [OE. sight, si?t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih?, gesieh?, gesyh?; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See See, v. t.]

1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

A cloud received him out of their sight. --Acts. i. 9.

2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.

Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle. --Shak.

O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! --Milton.

3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.

Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. --Ex. iii. 3.

They never saw a sight so fair. --Spenser.

5. The instrument of seeing; the eye.

Why cloud they not their sights? --Shak.

6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.

7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless. --Wake.

That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. --Luke xvi. 15.

8. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.

Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel. --Shak.

9. A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming. --Farrow.

10. 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 or the like, the open space, the opening.

11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money. [Now colloquial]

Note: Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the best usage. "A sight of lawyers." --Latimer.

A wonder sight of flowers. --Gower.

At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight.

Front sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle.

Open sight. (Firearms) (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be seen, in distinction from one that hides the object. (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an aperture.

Peep sight, Rear sight. See under Peep, and Rear.

Sight draft, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the payment of money at sight.

To take sight, to take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or the like.

Syn: Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation; exhibition.

Sight

Sight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighting.]

1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. --Kane.

2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.

3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.

Sight

Sight\, v. i. (Mil.) To take aim by a sight.
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Language Translation for : sight
Spanish: vista,
German: das Sehvermögen,
Japanese: 視力
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sight 
O.E. gesiht, gesihð "thing seen," from P.Gmc. *sekh(w)- (cf. Dan. sigte, Swed. sigt, M.Du. sicht, Du. zicht, O.H.G. siht, Ger. Sicht, Gesicht), stem of O.E. seon (see see). Meaning "perception or apprehension by means of the eyes" is from c.1225. Meaning "device on a firearm to assist in aiming" is from 1588; the verb in this sense is from 1842.
"Verily, truth is sight. Therefore if two people should come disputing, sayin
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Main Entry: sight
Function: adjective
: payable on presentation —see also sight draft at DRAFT
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Main Entry: sight
Pronunciation: 'sIt
Function: noun
1 : something that is seen
2 : the process, power, or function of seeing;specifically : the one of the five basic physical senses by which light stimuli received by the eye are interpreted by the brain in the construction of a representation of the position,shape, brightness, and usually color of objects in the real world
3 a : a perception of an object by the eye b : the range of vision
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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sight (sīt)
n.

  1. The ability to see.
  2. Field of vision.

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sight

In addition to the idioms beginning with sight, also see 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.

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