sights
Meaning of sights
- the faculty or power of seeing.
Joseph lost his sight as a baby
a sight test
- a thing that one sees or that can be seen.
John was a familiar sight in the bar for many years
he was getting used to seeing unpleasant sights
- a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting a person's precise aim or observation.
there were reports of a man on the roof aiming a rifle and looking through its sights
- manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of.
tell me when you sight London Bridge
- take aim by looking through the sights of a gun.
she sighted down the barrel
Old English (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zicht and German Gesicht ‘sight, face, appearance’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century (in sight (sense 2 of the verb)).
Information about sights
- The singular form of sights is: sight.
- Languages in which sights is used:
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Hyphenation of sights
sights
- It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
- sights is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
sights synonyms
Meaning a person's ability to see:
Meaning the faculty or state of being able to see:
Meaning used to refer to someone's power of vision and in descriptions of the direction of someone's gaze:
Meaning the action or process of closely observing or monitoring something or someone:
Meaning see or perceive briefly or partially:
Meaning perceive with the eyes; discern visually:
Meaning see, notice, or recognize (someone or something) that is difficult to detect or that one is searching for:
Meaning discern or make out, especially by careful observation:
Meaning become aware of:
Meaning notice or perceive (something) and register it as being significant:
Meaning discover or identify the presence or existence of:
Meaning catch sight of:
Meaning see or observe (someone or something, especially of remarkable or impressive nature):
Words that rhyme with sights
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