Definition of sight - Rhyme Finder

Definitions

Noun

an instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"; "the train was an unexpected sight"

Noun

anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the television"; "they went to Paris to see the sights"

Noun

the ability to see; the visual faculty

Noun

a range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no wrong"

Noun

the range of vision; "out of sight of land"

Noun

the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited"

Noun

(often followed by `of'') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

Verb

catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king''s men coming over the ridge"

Verb

take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

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Synonyms

batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap ken lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft slew spate spy stack survey tidy sum view vision visual modality visual sense wad

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More Specific Terms

achromatic vision acuity binocular vision central vision chromatic vision color vision daylight vision deluge descry detect discover distance vision espy eyeful eyesight find flood haymow inundation monocular vision near vision night vision night-sight notice observe peripheral vision photopic vision scotopic vision seeing sharp-sightedness sightedness spectacle spot spy stigmatism torrent trichromacy twilight vision visual acuity

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