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  • Definition
    • sight :an instance of visual perception
      • the sight of his wife brought him back to reality|the train was an unexpected sight

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

    • sight :anything that is seen
      • he was a familiar sight on the television|they went to Paris to see the sights

    • sight :a range of mental vision
      • in his sight she could do no wrong

    • sight :the range of vision
      • out of sight of land

    • sight :the act of looking or seeing or observing
      • he tried to get a better view of it|his survey of the battlefield was limited

    • sight :(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

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

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