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sight English

Meaning sight meaning

What does sight mean?
Definitions in simple English

sight Noun

— Having sight is if you can see things. — A sight is something that people want to see. The Statue of Liberty is a popular sight in New York City. — A sight is something you see. — A sight is a device that is attached onto a weapon and it is for a person to look into to aim the weapon at an intended target.

sight Verb

— When you sight something, you see it. The farmers sighted something strange circling overhead.

sight

— noun an instance of visual perception the sight of his wife brought him back to reality the train was an unexpected sight — noun anything that is seen he was a familiar sight on the television they went to Paris to see the sights — noun the ability to see; the visual faculty — verb catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge — noun the range of vision out of sight of land — noun a range of mental vision in his sight she could do no wrong — noun (= view, survey) the act of looking or seeing or observing he tried to get a better view of it his survey of the battlefield was limited — noun (= batch, deal, lot, mint, passel, plenty, slew, wad) (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent a batch of letters a deal of trouble a lot of money he made a mint on the stock market see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos it must have cost plenty a slew of journalists a wad of money — verb take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

Synonyms sight synonyms

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sight English » English

view vision look appearance seeing eyesight spectacle aspect scenery scene see eye spy spot landscape aim notice behold vista sense of sight panorama observe catch sight of attraction visual sense tourist attraction showplace show raft prospect perceive mess lot looking landmark ken image glance gaze espy detect descry deal countenance wad visual perception visual modality visibility visage viewpoint

Topics sight topics

What do people use sight to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive

See
Person Sense, perceive See

Something used to see
Person Sense, perceive See Visible

Appear
Social behavior Conflict War

Weapon, shoot
Person Sense, perceive See

Visible
Person Sense, perceive See

Look
Person Healthy Disabled

Blind
Person Life Marriage

Romantic love
Social behavior Relationships

Know someone
Physical actions Hide

Search
Physical actions Physical impact

Aim at a target
States Big Distance

Far
States Time Relative time Order, sequence

First
States Location Be at a place

Absent

Conjugation sight conjugation

How do you conjugate sight?

sight · verb

Examples sight examples

How do I use sight in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Did you fall in love with her at first sight?
You must not lose sight of your goal in life.
She attracted me at first sight.
This is the most beautiful sight that I have ever seen.
The bird flew away and was lost to sight.
The traffic accident deprived him of his sight.
I don't know her name, but I do know her by sight.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Do you believe in love at first sight?
The end of the age of oil is in sight.
Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight.
Never lose sight of the importance of a beautiful sunrise, or watching your kids sleep, or the smell of rain. It's often the small things that really matter in life.
Out of sight out of mind. When you're separated you lose touch.
The steamer is now out of sight.
The train left the station and was soon lost in sight.
We have lost sight of him.
We lost sight of her in the crowd.
We lost sight of the man in the crowd.
The hotel was in sight.
I caught sight of her at Shibuya.
I froze at the sight of the snake.
There wasn't a soul in sight.
His house was in sight from the top of the hill.
The pitiful sight moved us to tears.
Keep sight of the flag.
It is quite a sorry sight.

Movie subtitles

But I'm not someone that anyone would like at first sight.
And I lost sight of it for a minute, but now I know for sure.
She hasn't let me out of her sight in over a week, and now she wants to hang out today and tonight.
That it should just be kept out of sight.
Daskasan is within sight!
This whole time, you've never let him out of your sight.
It was not until dawn's early light that the skipper saw the sight he was longing for.
Haunted by the sight of George's blood. an indelible mark.
This is gonna be a sight for sore eyes.
What a pretty sight that is! Have you never heard of standing in line?
Could you sight us to a second Missouri anywheres out yonder?
I loathe the very sight ofyou.
You're a sight!
Please, do not be alarmed by the sight of the revolver in my right hand.
Give them a horse so they can leave my sight!
Plus, isn't it kinda fun to hide in plain sight?
I lost sight of you, so I came to look. That's all.
Are you saying even a modified body will never lose sight of its true will and purpose in this world?
If Lucy's not here when Heinrich gets back, it is not gonna be a pretty sight.
Target in sight Gotcha.
Breck, could you sight us to a second Missouri anywheres out yonder?
I loathe the very sight of you!
Get out of my sight!
Just stay here and keep out of sight like I told you.
What a pretty sight that is!
We shall go to Devon for our honeymoon and live on love and strawberries. and the sight of the sea.
Perhaps I shall go only as far as the door. and the sight of your tears will bring me back.
Do you want to be left as you are. or do you want your eyes and your soul to be blasted by a sight. that would stagger the devil himself?
The minute I was out of sight. you took up with the first man who could give you the things I couldn't.
You better not try to get a job in this town, young lady. if you want to keep out of sight.
I won't even let him out of my sight.
He'd shoot on sight.
That would be a sight, dancing a duet for my mother!
And when the goal is in sight, after 11 years of struggle, you're willing to quit.

News and current affairs

Indeed, more than 20 years on, Western Germans still see no end in sight for the bills from German unification.
At first sight, the easiest answer to the problem of low voter turnout is to give more power to the European Parliament.
At first sight this seems to bode well for the transatlantic relationship.
Second, Iraq is a diverse country, distorted by over thirty years of Saddam's tyranny, and with no plausible and coherent alternative government in sight.
In the important work of adapting educational institutions for the future, we must not lose sight of their core mission as articulated in the past.
Brazilian bonds would rally and confidence would return at the sight of a lender of last resort.
As those policies fail, global financial markets are reacting negatively, adding uncertainty to the world economy, and there is little relief in sight, because America is entering a period of prolonged political infighting and stalemate.
With the Republican-controlled Congress seeking to make the tax cuts for the rich permanent, the world is beginning to realize that America's budget deficits are now entrenched, with no end in sight.
We tend to think of diplomacy as something carried out in secret; sometimes, however, it is better to hide in plain sight.
Since no viable local partner is in sight, Russia must work alone to reestablish elementary order in Chechnya.
But, in China, everything takes place out of sight.
The Cubans, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans will not cut Funes any slack, either, believing that history is on their side, and that now is the time to force every issue in sight.
Of equal importance, Europe's economic integration continues to move ahead, with the euro buoyant and a single marketplace for financial services now coming into sight.
But we should not lose sight of the other side of that coin.
Even after many rounds of talks, no resolution is in sight, and Hu's visit is not expected to produce any breakthroughs.
And, when some of the IMF's largest debtors (Brazil and Argentina) began to prepay their debts a few years ago with no new borrowers in sight, it looked like the final nail in the coffin had been struck.
But, while strengthening such programs should be a high priority, we should not lose sight of how well middle-income families have actually done over the past few decades.
This is a far less common sight in countries with functioning mental-health systems.
One recent Internet match-making effort attracted applications from more than 10,000 young women, all seeking a chance to marry a Shenzhen multi-millionaire sight unseen.
One sight at LUMS, a leading private university in Lahore, heartened me: how women were dressed.
At first sight, the reasons to dismiss this scenario seem overwhelming.
Today, foreign policy is like being on the open seas, with no rules beyond countries' 200-mile maritime borders, and no land in sight.
As humans, we are highly evolved to adjust to our surroundings: we tend to adapt to a culture, well-conceived or not, and lose sight of its failings.
But the most damaging shocks often hide in plain sight - and then hit precisely when and where almost everyone thought stability would prevail.
Images of the Beijing skyline seemingly bathed in a soup of smog and haze have been a common sight on the world's TV screens in recent days and weeks.
But here, again, the government is hiding in plain sight.
Last August, fighting to the north of the provincial capital Goma flared up again, provoking a major humanitarian crisis that has no end in sight.

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