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–adjective

1.	having functional vision; not blind.

2.	having a particular type of eyesight or perception (used in combination): sharp-sighted; clear-sighted.

[Origin: 1545–55; sight + -ed³

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n.

The ability to see.
The act or fact of seeing: hoping for a sight of land; caught sight of a rare bird.
Field of vision.
The foreseeable future; prospect: no solution in sight.
Mental perception or consideration: We lost sight of the purpose of our visit.
Something seen; a view.
Something worth seeing; a spectacle: the sights of London.
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.
An opportunity to observe or inspect.
Upper Southern U.S. A large number or quantity: A sight of people were there.

v. sight·ed, sight·ing, sights

v. tr.

To perceive with the eyes; get sight of: sighted land after 40 days at sea.
To observe through a sight or an optical instrument: sight a target.
To adjust the sights of (a rifle, for example).
To take aim with (a firearm).

v. intr.

To direct one's gaze; look carefully.
To take aim: sighted along the barrel of the gun.

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

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adj.