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| 1. | [ noun ] an instance of visual perception | |
| Examples: | "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality" "the train was an unexpected sight" |
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| Related terms: | visual_percept | |
| 2. | [ noun ] anything that is seen | |
| Examples: | "he was a familiar sight on the television" or "they went to Paris to see the sights" |
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| Related terms: | display spectacle | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (physiology) the ability to see; the faculty of vision | |
| Synonyms: | vision visual_modality visual_sense | |
| Related terms: | exteroception modality eyesight night_vision achromatic_vision central_vision peripheral_vision binocular_vision acuity chromatic_vision monocular_vision distance_vision daylight_vision near_vision stereoscopy stigmatism visual_system | |
| 4. | [ verb ] catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes | |
| Examples: | : "caught sight of the kings men coming over the ridge." |
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| Related terms: | perceive detect descry view sighting | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (optics) a optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument | |
| Related terms: | optical_instrument bombsight gunsight firearm surveying_instrument eyepiece | |
| 6. | [ noun ] the act of looking or seeing or observing | |
| Synonyms: | view survey | |
| Examples: | "he tried to get a better view of it" "his survey of the battlefield was limited" |
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| Related terms: | look eyeful | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a range of mental vision | |
| Examples: | "in his sight she could do no wrong" |
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| Related terms: | position | |
| 8. | [ noun ] the range of vision | |
| Synonyms: | ken | |
| Examples: | "out of sight of land" |
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| Related terms: | compass | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent | |
| Synonyms: | mass lot good_deal great_deal pile plenty heap whole_lot deal flock mint quite_a_little pot slew stack mickle mess raft wad spate whole_slew tidy_sum muckle peck hatful batch | |
| Examples: | : "a batch of letters" "a deal of trouble" "a lot of money" "he made a mint on the stock market" "it must have cost plenty" |
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| Related terms: | large_indefinite_quantity flood jam heap | |
| Similar spelling: |
sixty sixth Sixta Sisto siesta |
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