sight

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sight
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Meanings
noun
  • 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
verb
  • 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

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