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How to pronounce sight in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms vision, visual modality, visual sense
Type of sensory system, exteroception, modality, sense modality
Has types sightedness, stigmatism, photopic vision, monocular vision, scotopic vision, seeing, sharp-sightedness, color vision, chromatic vision, central vision, binocular vision, night-sight, night vision, peripheral vision, near vision, trichromacy, twilight vision, visual acuity, acuity, eyesight, achromatic vision, distance vision, daylight vision
Type Words
Synonyms survey, view
Type of looking, look, looking at
Has types eyeful
Type Words
Synonyms ken
Type of compass, range, grasp, reach


out of sight of land.
Type Words
Synonyms 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
Type of large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
Has types torrent, flood, deluge, haymow, inundation
Type Words
Synonyms spy
Type of perceive, comprehend
Has types discover, detect, descry, espy, observe, spot, spy, notice, find
Derivation sighting


he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge.
Type Words
Type of visual image, visual percept


the sight of his wife brought him back to reality.
the train was an unexpected sight.
Type Words
Type of display
Has types spectacle


he was a familiar sight on the television.
they went to Paris to see the sights.
Type Words
Type of perspective, view, position


in his sight she could do no wrong.
Type Words
Type of train, aim, direct, take, take aim

Examples of sight

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He somehow caught it and flipped it back into play before skidding out of sight.
From the thenewstribune.com
Washington is on a feeding frenzy, gobbling up everything and everyone in sight.
From the timesunion.com
It should be a heck of a sight at night, says Kings Island spokesman Don Helbig.
From the kentucky.com
They might once have been in state asylums, out of sight and mostly out of mind.
From the washingtonpost.com
In much of the country, Farmers Best Market would not be an extraordinary sight.
From the time.com
The large tubers weighing up to 70 kilos are a common sight on roadside markets.
From the sciencedaily.com
If it is not love at first sight, then the fallout for England could be painful.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Worrying scenes for a host of players right now all losing sight of the leaders.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Doctors said there was only a 25 percent chance he would get all his sight back.
From the charlotteobserver.com
More examples
  • An instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"; "the train was an unexpected sight"
  • Spy: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge"
  • Anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the television"; "they went to Paris to see the sights"
  • Take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
  • The ability to see; the visual faculty
  • A range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no wrong"
  • Sight is a horror movie released on 20 April 2008 directed by Adam Ahlbrandt.
  • A sight is an optical device used to assist aim by guiding the eye and aligning it with a weapon or other item to be pointed. Various forms of sights exist, such as iron sights, laser sights, reflex sights, peep sights, and telescopic sights. ...
  • Sight is a DVD released in 2005. The film is a recording of a two day concert run by Keller Williams in November 2004 at Mr. Small's theater facility in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ...