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[sʌɪt], (Noun)
Definitions:
- the faculty or power of seeing
(e.g: Joseph lost his sight as a baby)
- a thing that one sees or that can be seen
(e.g: John was a familiar sight in the bar for many years)
- a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting a person's precise aim or observation
(e.g: there were reports of a man on the roof aiming a rifle and looking through its sights)
Phrases:
- a sight for sore eyes
- a sight to behold
- a sight —
- at first sight
- catch sight of
- get a sight of
- get out of my sight!
- in one's sights
- in sight
- in sight of
- lose sight of
- lower one's sights
- not a pretty sight
- on sight
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- raise one's sights
- set one's sights on
Origin
:
Old English (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zicht and German Gesicht ‘sight, face, appearance’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century (in sight)
[sʌɪt], (Verb)
Definitions:
- manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of
(e.g: tell me when you sight London Bridge)
- take aim by looking through the sights of a gun
(e.g: she sighted down the barrel)
Phrases:
- a sight for sore eyes
- a sight to behold
- a sight —
- at first sight
- catch sight of
- get a sight of
- get out of my sight!
- in one's sights
- in sight
- in sight of
- lose sight of
- lower one's sights
- not a pretty sight
- on sight
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- raise one's sights
- set one's sights on
Origin
:
Old English (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zicht and German Gesicht ‘sight, face, appearance’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century (in sight)
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