sight

sight - English Dictionary

[ noun ]
■ the act of looking or seeing or observing
→ survey , view

[ noun ]
■ the range of vision
e.g.)
・out of sight of land
→ ken

[ noun ]
■ the ability to see
■ the visual faculty
→ vision , visual modality , visual sense

[ noun ]
■ an instance of visual perception
e.g.)
・the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
・the train was an unexpected sight

[ noun ]
■ a range of mental vision
e.g.)
・in his sight she could do no wrong

[ noun ]
■ anything that is seen
e.g.)
・he was a familiar sight on the television
・they went to Paris to see the sights

[ noun ]
■ (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
→ batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mess , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , slew , spate , stack , tidy sum , wad

[ verb ]
■ catch sight of
■ to perceive with the eyes
e.g.)
・he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
→ spy

[ verb ]
■ take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)