sight (s t)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. 9. a. A device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument. b. 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. Idioms: 1. To direct one's gaze; look carefully. 2. To take aim: sighted along the barrel of the gun. on sight Immediately upon being seen: threatened to shoot looters on sight. out of sight Slang Remarkable; incredible: The graduation party was out of sight. sight for sore eyes Informal One whom it is a relief or joy to see. sight unseen Without seeing the object in question: bought the horse sight unseen. [Middle English, from Old English sihth, gesiht, something seen; see sekw-2 in Indo-European roots.] |
sight
Noun
1. the ability to see; vision Related adjective visual
2. an instance of seeing
3. the range of vision: the cemetery was out of sight
4. anything that is seen
5. point of view; judgment: nothing has changed in my sight
6. Informal anything unpleasant to see: she looked a sight in the streetlamps
7. a device for guiding the eye in aiming a gun or making an observation with an optical instrument
8. an aim or observation made with such a device
9. sights anything worth seeing: the great sights of Barcelona
10. a sight Informal a great deal: it's a sight warmer than in the hall
11. a sight for sore eyes a welcome sight
12. catch sight of to glimpse
13. know someone by sight to be able to recognize someone without having ever been introduced
14. lose sight of
a. to be unable to see (something) any longer
b. to forget: we lose sight of priorities
15. on sight as soon as someone or something is seen
16. set one's sights on to have (a specified goal) in mind
17. sight unseen without having seen the object concerned: he would have taken it sight unseen
Verb
1. to see (someone or something) briefly or suddenly: the two suspicious vessels were sighted
2. to aim (a firearm) using the sight [Old English sihth]
Sight a great number; a quantity; a sum; a multitude.
Examples: sight of asses, 1577; of rare flowers, 1752; of lawyers; of money; of ships, 1449; of thanks, 1800; innumerable sight of stars, 1538; noble sight of books, 1432.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  sight - an instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"; "the train was an unexpected sight"visual percept, visual image - a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system |
| 2. | sight - anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the television"; "they went to Paris to see the sights" display - exhibiting openly in public view; "a display of courage" spectacle - something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape" | |
| 3. |  sight - the ability to see; the visual facultyvisual system - the sensory system for vision exteroception - sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body stigmatism - normal eyesight achromatic vision - vision using the rods acuity, sharp-sightedness, visual acuity - sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart) binocular vision - vision involving the use of both eyes central vision - vision using the fovea and parafovea; the middle part of the visual field distance vision - vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer monocular vision - vision with only one eye near vision - vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer night vision, night-sight, scotopic vision, twilight vision - the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) daylight vision, photopic vision - normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived peripheral vision - vision at the edges of the visual field using only the periphery of the retina | |
| 4. | sight - a range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no wrong" perspective, view, position - a way of regarding situations or topics etc.; "consider what follows from the positivist view" | |
| 5. | sight - the range of vision; "out of sight of land" | |
| 6. |  sight - the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"looking, looking at, look - the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually; "he went out to have a look"; "his look was fixed on her eyes"; "he gave it a good looking at"; "his camera does his looking for him" eyeful - a full view; a good look; "they wanted to see violence and they got an eyeful" | |
| 7. |  sight - (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"good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, muckle, passel, peck, mickle, mint, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, wad, stack, raft, mountain, pile, plenty, mass, batch, heap, deal, flock, pot, mess large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Verb | 1. | sight - catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" perceive, comprehend - to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon" |
| 2. | sight - take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) |
sight
noun 4. (Informal) eyesore, mess, spectacle, fright (informal) monstrosity, blot on the landscape (informal)
Translations
sight [saɪt] n (faculty) → vista (= spectacle); espectáculo;
in sight → a la vista;
at sight → a la vista;
I know her by sight → la conozco de vista;
to set one's sights on (doing) sth → aspirar a or ambicionar (hacer) algo
sight [saɪt] n (= faculty) → vue f (= spectacle); spectacle m;
(on gun) → mire f
vt → apercevoir;
at sight (Comm) → à vue;
to catch sight of sb/sth → apercevoir qn/qch;
sight [saɪt] n (faculty) → Sehvermögen nt, Augenlicht nt;
(spectacle) → Anblick m;
(on gun) → Visier nt
vt → sichten;
in sight → in Sicht;
on sight (shoot) → sofort;
sight [saɪt] n (faculty) → vista (= spectacle); spettacolo;
(on gun) → mira
vt → avvistare;
in sight → in vista;
to catch sight of sth/sb → scorgere qc/qn;
at sight → a vista;
I know her by sight → la conosco di vista
n sight [sait]
1 the act or power of seeing The blind man had lost his sight in the war. sig بَصَر зрение zrak syn das Sehvermögen όραση (ως αίσθηση) vista nägemine بينايي näkö vue רְאִיָה दृष्टि vid látás penglihatan sjón vista 視力 시력 regėjimas redze penglihatan gezichtsvermogen syn wzrok vista vedere зрение zrak vid vid syn[] กำลังสายตา görme yeteneği, görme 視力 зір قوت بصارت thị lực 视力
2 the area within which things can be seen by someone The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight. sig مَجال الرؤْيَه зрително поле dohled synsafstand; sigte die Sicht(-weite) οπτικό πεδίο vista nähtavus قدرت ديد näköetäisyys (en) vue טְווַח רְאִיָה दृश्य doseg oka, vidokrug látótávolság pandangan sjónmál, augsÿn vista 視界 시야, 시계(視界) matymo laukas redzeslauks dapat dilihat zicht sikte widok vista câmp vizual поле зрения; предел видимости dohľad vidik vidokrug synhåll, sikte การมองเห็น görüş mesafesi/alanı 視野之內 поле зору حد نظر tầm nhìn 视野之内
3 something worth seeing She took her visitors to see the sights of London. besienswaardigheid مَناظِر гледка pozoruhodnost seværdighed die Sehenswürdigkeit αξιοθέατο atracción turística vaatamisväärsus چشم انداز nähtävyys attraction touristique אָתַרִים निगाह vidik, znamenitost vrijedna da se vidi látnivalók, nevezetességek pemandangan e-ð sem vert er að sjá (luogo di interesse turistico) 名所 볼 만한 것; 명소 įžymybė, įdomybė ievērojama vieta pemandangan bezienswaardigheid severdighet widok vista atracţie turistică достопримечательность pamätihodnosť znamenitost znamenitost sevärdhet วิว görmeye değer yer 風景，名勝 визначні місця قابل دید شے یا نظارہ thắng cảnh, cảnh đẹp 风景，名胜
4 a view or glimpse. kykie مَنْظَر، رُؤْيَه поглед pohled udsigt; glimt der Blick άποψη, θέα visión pilk منظره silmäys vision, aperçu מַבָּט नजारा pogled megtekintés pandangan sÿn, nasasjón veduta 見ること 일견, 일별 reginys skats; aina sekali imbas kijkje syn, utsikt, glimt spojrzenie vislumbre viziune, vedenie вид pohľad prizor pogled åsyn, anblick การเห็น görüş, manzara 瞥見 точка зору; погляд منظر cảnh, cảnh tượng 瞥见
5 something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc She's quite a sight in that hat. ongewoon, skokkend شَيء مُثير للسُّخْرِيَه смешна гледка podívaná syn der Anblick θέαμα (για κτ. ασυνήθιστο ή γελοίο) figura vaatepilt تماشايي ؛ عجيب näky quelque chose à voir! מְגוֹחָך लक्षक neobičan ili žalostan prizor, napadan izgled látvány(osság) pemandangan aneh e-ð sem er sjón að sjá (cosa ridicola) 見もの 색다른 것, 웃음거리 vaizdelis, reginys izskats; paskats sesuatu atau seseorang yang kelihatan teruk schouwspel syn, skue widok horror arătare зрелище pohľad nenavaden prizor prizor syn สิ่งที่แปลกประหลาด çirkin bir şey 惹人注目 вид; видовище کوئی حیران کن نظارہ ăn mặc lố bịch 惹人注目
6 (on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim Where is the sight on a rifle? korrel مِهْداف، جِهاز التَّصْويب мерник muška sigte das Visier στόχαστρο όπλου mira sihik آلت نشانه روي tähtäin mire כַּווֶנֶת निशाना लेने के लिए उपकरण nišan, mušica célzókészülék pembidik sigti, mið mira, mirino 照準 (총포의) 가늠자, 가늠쇠 taikiklis tēmēklis pejera1 korrel sikte celownik mira lunetă прицел muška muha nišan sikte เครื่องเล็ง nişangâh, arpacık 瞄準器 приціл بندوق پر نشانہ سادھنے کا چھلا ống ngắm 瞄准器
v
1 to get a view of; to see suddenly We sighted the coast as dawn broke. sien يُبْصِر، يُشاهِد съзирам spatřit se; opdage sichten βλέπω, διακρίνω observar, ver, divisar nägema, märkama ديدن منظره nähdä apercevoir לִראוֹת देखना ugledati, opaziti megpillant melihat sjá, eygja avvistare 見つける ...을 보다, 발견하다 išvysti ieraudzīt; samanīt nampak in het oog krijgen få øye på wiąć na cel avistar a zări увидеть; обнаружить uvidieť, zbadať opaziti videti sikta, få i sikte ส่อง görüvermek 看見 побачити, виявити اچانک دیکھنا quan sát, chiêm nghiệm 看见
2 to look at (something) through the sight of a gun He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger. sien, korrel يُصَوِّب، يُسَدِّد، يُعَيِّن прицелвам се namířit sigte anvisieren στοχεύω με όπλο apuntar sihtima نشانه روي كردن tähdätä viser לִראוֹת निशाना तय करना ciljati megcéloz membidik miða, sigta út mirare ねらう ...을 겨냥하다 pamatyti []mērķēt (uz kaut ko); []tēmēt menenang; membidik in het vizier hebben sikte på, rette/stille inn dostrzec fazer pontaria a ochi прицеливаться namieriť nameriti nanišaniti ta korn på เล็ง nişan almak 瞄準 наводити, прицілюватися بندوق سے نشانہ سادھنا trông thấy, nhìn thấy 瞄准
n sight-seeing
visiting the chief buildings, places of interest etc of an area They spent a lot of their holiday sight-seeing in London; (also adjective ) a sight-seeing tour. besigtig مُشاهَدَة مَعالِم المَدينَه разглеждане на забележителности prohlídka; okružní sightseeing; sightseeing- Besichtigung von Sehenswürdigungen, Besichtigungs-... επίσκεψη αξιοθεάτων turismo vaatamisväärsustega tutvumine, huvi- تماشا kiertoajelu tourisme; (adj.) touristique סִיוּר בְּאֲתָרֵי תַייָרוּת सैर-सपाटा, पर्यटन razgledavanje znamenitosti városnézés pesiar skoðunarferð (visita turistica); turistico 観光 관광, 유람 áþymybiø apþiûrinëjimas ievērojamu vietu apskatīšana; ekskursija melawat tempat-tempat menarik bezienswaardigheden bekijken sightseeing, omvisning, rundtur zwiedzanie visita aos monumentos turism; turistic осмотр достопримечательностей prehliadka pamätihodností; okružný ogled znamenitosti razgledanje znamenitosti sightseeing การเที่ยวชม şehir turu 觀光 огляд визначних місць تفیرحا گھومنا cuộc tham quan 观光
n sight-seer
besigtiger مُتَفَرِّج على مَعالِم المَدينَه екскурзиант turista turist der/die Tourist(in) επισκέπτης αξιοθεάτων, περιηγητής turista turist تماشايي turisti touriste תַיָר पर्यटक turist koji obilazi znamenitosti városnéző pelaku pesiar ferðamaður í skoðunarferð turista 観光客 관광객, 유람객 turistas tūrists; ekskursants orang yang melawat tempat-tempat menarik toerist turist zwiedzający turista turist турист, экскурсант turista turist turista turist ผู้เที่ยวชม şehir turu yapan kimse 遊客 той, хто оглядає визначні місця, турист تفریحی مسافر người tham quan 游客
catch sight of
to get a brief view of; to begin to see He caught sight of her as she came round the corner. sien, begin sien يَلْمَح зървам zahlédnout få øje på erblicken βλέπω, παίρνει το μάτι μου ver, divisar vilksamisi nägema نگاه مختصر انداختن nähdä vilaukselta apercevoir לְהַצלִיח לִראוֹת देखना, देख लेना ugledati észrevesz melihat sjá bregða fyrir intravedere, scorgere ～を見つける ...이 눈에 띄다 pamatyti, pastebėti pamanīt ternampak kelibat in het oog krijgen få øye på spostrzec avistar a zări увидеть, заметить zahliadnuť zagledati spaziti få syn på มองผ่าน ๆ gözüne ilişmek 發現，看到 побачити نظر پڑنا nhìn thấy 发现，看到
lose sight of
to stop being able to see She lost sight of him in the crowd. ophou sien изпускам от очи جلوي ديد را گرفتن לְהַפסִיק לִראוֹת आंखों से ओझल हो जाना izgubiti iz vida ...을 시야에서 놓치 hilang dari pandangan izgubiti iz vidokruga มองไม่เห็น випустити з поля зору; загубити نظروں سے اوجھل کرنا không nhìn thấy
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