Meaning of 'sight' (Webster Dictionary)
- To take aim by a sight.
- The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye;
view; as, to gain sight of land.
- The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of
perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.
- The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility;
open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through
which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.
- A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.
- The instrument of seeing; the eye.
- Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the
sight of only one person.
- Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was
harmless.
- A small aperture through which objects are to be seen,
and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight
of a quadrant.
- A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech,
muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle
of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in
aiming.
- 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 or the like, the open space, the opening.
- A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.
- To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a
wreck.
- To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to
sight an object, as a star.
- To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to
give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to
sight a rifle or a cannon.
Meaning of 'sight' (Princeton's WordNet)
Meaning (1):
- (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Example in sentence:- a batch of letters;
- a deal of trouble;
- a lot of money;
- a slew of journalists;
- a wad of money;
- he made a mint on the stock market;
- it must have cost plenty;
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
Meaning (2):
- the act of looking or seeing or observing
Example in sentence:- he tried to get a better view of it;
- his survey of the battlefield was limited
Meaning (3):
- anything that is seen
Example in sentence:- he was a familiar sight on the television;
- they went to Paris to see the sights
Meaning (4):
- a range of mental vision
Example in sentence:- in his sight she could do no wrong
Meaning (5):
- the range of vision
Meaning (6):
- an instance of visual perception
Example in sentence:- the sight of his wife brought him back to reality;
- the train was an unexpected sight
Meaning (7):
- catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
Example in sentence:- he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Definition
[ v. i.]