sight

English

/saɪt/

noun
Definitions
  • (in the singular) The ability to see.
  • The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
  • Something seen.
  • Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.
  • A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
  • A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
  • (now) a great deal, a lot; .
  • 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, the open space, the opening.
  • (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
  • Mental view; opinion; judgment.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English siȝht inherited from Old English siht inherited from Proto-Germanic *sihtiz suffix from English see.

Origin

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