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sighted Definition


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sight
noun
    1. The power or faculty of seeing; vision.
      Thesaurus: vision, seeing, perception, apprehension.
    2. A thing or object seen; view or spectacle.
      Example: It's a lovely sight
      Thesaurus: spectacle, scene, show, image, display.
    3. Someone's field of view or vision, or the opportunity to see things that this provides.
      Example: within sight
      Example: out of sight
    4. Places, buildings, etc that are particularly interesting or worth seeing.
      Example: see the sights of the city
      Form: sights (usually)
    5. A device on a firearm through or along which one looks to take aim.
    6. A similar device used as a guide to the eye on an optical or other instrument.
    7. Opinion or judgement; estimation.
      Example: In his sight he was just a failure
    8. colloq
      A person or thing unpleasant to look at.
      Example: He looked a sight without his teeth in
verb sighted, sighting
    1. To get a look at or glimpse of someone or something.
      Example: She was sighted there at around midnight
      Thesaurus: behold, discern, distinguish, glimpse, observe, perceive, espy.
    2. To adjust the sight of (a firearm).
    3. To aim (a firearm) using the sight.
Idiom: a sight
    colloq
    Very many; a great deal
      Example: She may not be good, but she's a sight better than you!
Idiom: a sight for sore eyes
    A very welcome sight.
Idiom: a sight more
    colloq
    A great deal or great many more.
      Example: A sight more people than expected turned up
Idiom: at sight (on sight)
    As soon as seen.
    Without previous view or study.
Idiom: catch sight of someone or something
    To catch or get a glimpse of them or it.
Idiom: know someone or something by sight
    To recognize them only by their appearance; to know who they are.
Idiom: lose sight of something or someone
    To no longer be able to see them or it.
    To fail to keep them in mind; to lose touch with them.
Idiom: set one's sights on something
    To decide on it as an ambition or aim.
Idiom: sight unseen
    Without seeing or having seen the object in question beforehand.
      Example: I'd never buy a house sight unseen
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon sihth.




sighted
adj
    1. Having the power of sight; not blind.
    2. Having a specified level of sight.
      Example: partially sighted
      Example: long-sighted


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