sight

noun sights · sicht

1. uncountable The sense or faculty by which objects are perceived through the agency of light; the sense by which we see. Sight is a precious gift.

   Similar: vision, eyesight, ken, sight, perception

2. countable, uncountable An act, instance, opportunity or possibility of seeing; the perception of objects by the eye; view (see also idiomatic expressions such as in sight, out of sight, catch sight of, etc.) The sight of him in his new uniform made us all proud.
3. countable, uncountable Something seen. The sight in front of me seemed somehow familiar.

   Similar: view, vision

4. countable, in plural, often, uncountable Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad. We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.
5. countable, in plural, often, uncountable A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target; see also in one's sights. He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]

   Similar: peep sight, scope

6. countable, uncountable A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained. the sight of a quadrant
7. colloquial, countable, uncountable a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative. a sight of money

   Similar: brimful, load, ton, abundance, battalion, arseload, assload, bellyload, boatload, busload, bucketful, bucketload

8. countable, uncountable 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.
9. countable, obsolete, uncountable The instrument of seeing; the eye. Why cloude they not their ſights perpetually,
10. countable, uncountable Mental view; opinion; judgment. In their sight it was harmless.

    Similar: determination, mind, view, award, censure, choice, opinion, conclusion, decision, deduction, ergotism, illation

verb sights · sighting · sighted · sicht

1. transitive To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually. I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.
2. 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. Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.
3. transitive To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of. to sight a rifle or a cannon
4. intransitive, transitive To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight. Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror.

   Similar: aim at, take aim at

Similar: see, espy, glimpse, spot