sight

== English == === Alternative forms === sicht (pronunciation spelling) === Etymology === From Middle English sighte, from Old English sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti (“seeing, sight”), equivalent to see +‎ -t. === Pronunciation === enPR: sīt, IPA(key): /saɪt/, /səɪt/ Rhymes: -aɪt Homophones: cite, site === Noun === sight (countable and uncountable, plural sights) (in the singular) The ability to see. Synonyms: ken, perception, vision; see also Thesaurus:vision The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view. Something seen. Synonyms: view, vision (often in the plural) Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad. (often in the plural) A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target. Synonyms: peep sight, scope A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative. Synonyms: brimful, load, ton; see also Thesaurus:lot 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, the open space, the opening. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye. Mental view; opinion; judgment. Synonyms: determination, mind, view; see also Thesaurus:judgement ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sight (third-person singular simple present sights, present participle sighting, simple past and past participle sighted) (transitive) To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually. (transitive) To observe through, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating. (transitive) To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of. (transitive, intransitive) To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight. ==== Synonyms ==== (visually register): see (get sight of): espy, glimpse, spot (take aim): aim at, take aim at ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === see vision === Anagrams === ghits, thigs == Middle English == === Noun === sight a great deal, a lot