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sight
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- pronunciation:
- saIt
- parts of speech:
- noun, verb
- features:
- Homophone Note, Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When you have sight, you can see. Sight is one of the five senses that humans have. The others are hearing, taste, touch, and smell.
Your eyes are used for sight, and your ears are used for hearing.The nurse checked Tina's sight by having her read letters on a chart.- synonyms:
- eyesight, vision
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| definition 2: |
A sight is an act of seeing something.
Our first sight of the mountains made us all excited.The sight of a stain on her new dress made Ian's mom very annoyed.- synonyms:
- glance, glimpse, look, view
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| definition 3: |
A sight is something that you see. Most people think that a rainbow is a beautiful sight. An angry dog showing its teeth is usually a scary sight.
The flower garden at the park is a beautiful sight in the spring.When Patrick's cat came in from the rain, she was a sad sight. |
| definition 4: |
When you go to a city to see the sights, you go to see things that many people think are fun or important to see.
The Statue of Liberty is just one of the famous sights of New York City. |
| related words: |
marvel, vista, wonder |
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
sights, sighting, sighted |
| definition: |
When you sight something, you look for it and suddenly see it.
After two months at sea, the ship's captain sighted land.From the helicopter, the police sighted the man running over the field.- similar words:
- discover, observe, perceive, see
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| related words: |
spot |
| derivation: |
sighter (n.) |
The words sight, cite, and site sound alike but have different meanings.
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