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sight

(s/aI/t )

an instance of visual perception(noun.cognition)

Example:
The sight of his wife brought him back to reality.
The train was an unexpected sight.

source: wordnet30
anything that is seen(noun.communication)

Example:
He was a familiar sight on the television.
They went to Paris to see the sights.

source: wordnet30
the ability to see; the visual faculty(noun.cognition)

Synonym:
vision, visual modality, visual sense

source: wordnet30
a range of mental vision(noun.cognition)

Example:
In his sight she could do no wrong.

source: wordnet30
the range of vision(noun.cognition)

Example:
Out of sight of land.

Synonym:
ken

source: wordnet30
the act of looking or seeing or observing(noun.act)

Synonym:
survey, view

source: wordnet30
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent(noun.quantity)

Synonym:
batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little

source: wordnet30
The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.(noun)

source: webster1913

catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes(verb.perception)

Example:
He caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge.

Synonym:
spy

source: wordnet30
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)(verb.perception)

source: wordnet30
To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.(verb)

source: webster1913
To take aim by a sight.(verb)

source: webster1913

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