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sight
noun(sight)
the ability to see; the visual faculty
Synonyms: vision, visual modality, visual sense,
sight
noun(sight)
the act of looking or seeing or observing
Synonyms: survey, view,
sight
noun(sight)
the range of vision
Synonyms: ken,
Examples:
Out of sight of land.
sight
noun(sight)
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad,
sight
verb(sight)
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
Synonyms: spy,
Examples:
He caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge.
sight
noun(sight)
an instance of visual perception
Examples:
The sight of his wife brought him back to reality.
The train was an unexpected sight.
sight
noun(sight)
anything that is seen
Examples:
He was a familiar sight on the television.
They went to Paris to see the sights.
sight
noun(sight)
a range of mental vision
Examples:
In his sight she could do no wrong.
sight
verb(sight)
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

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