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sight
  1. (singular) The ability to see.
  2. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
  3. Something seen.
  4. Something worth seeing; a spectacle.
  5. A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.
  6. A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.
  7. (now colloquial) a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.
  8. 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.
  9. (obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.
  10. Mental view; opinion; judgment.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “Of twenty thousand school children, more than half had normal eyes with perfect sight.”
      “The quick eye of the Tuscarora instantly caught a sight of the smoke.”
      “The only thing within sight was a figure off in the distance.”
see
  1. A diocese, archdiocese; a region of a church, generally headed by a bishop, especially an archbishop.
  2. The office of a bishop or archbishop; bishopric or archbishopric
  3. A seat; a site; a place where sovereign power is exercised.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Between 1328 and the early 16th century, a Catholic bishop had his see in Tbilisi to foster those contacts.”
sighter
  1. A trial shot in rifle or artillery shooting, to set the range, targeting etc.
  2. a sight on a weapon
  3. a targeteer
  4. Examples:
    1. “Then Cole got his first sighter after more good work from the industrious Neill but his shot crept wide of the far post.”
      “A fairy sighter called Peter Aziz tells Walker there's one over there, right near that tree, and the camera pauses to see what he does.”
      “I move the rifle to aim at the sighter bullseye which is just below the record bull on the target and I carefully shoot one round, noting its point of impact.”
seeing
sightlessness
  1. the characteristic of being sightless; blindness
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “We have the Shogun of the Underworld, who like Ichi is blind and has learned to compensate for his sightlessness with abilities seeming to border on the mystical.”
      “This tall building that was to be our billet greeted us in grey silence, its many windows peering down at us with the sightlessness of a blind man.”
      “The students were startled, and stared at her, but she knew that she alone had momentarily plunged with Bernard Allen into sightlessness.”
sighting
sightedness
  1. The quality of being sighted, or having the ability to see.
seen
  1. The letter س in the Arabic script.
sightability
  1. The condition or extent of being sightable
seeability
  1. The quality of being seeable.
sights
  1. plural of sight
  2. Things worth seeing in a particular place.
  3. A device through which one looks in order to aim a rifle or similar weapon.
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “The city tour takes you to all the famous sights, including historic landmarks and breathtaking viewpoints.”
sightabilities
  1. plural of sightability
sightings
  1. plural of sighting
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “There has been a rash of sightings of elephants roosting in trees that has left authorities shaken and dazed.”
      “Sailors have long reported sightings of these waves, but reports had mainly been dismissed either as exaggeration or outright fibs.”
      “Gayle, usually the flamboyant strokemaker, played a subdued innings with only rare sightings of his trademark drives and cuts.”
sighters
  1. plural of sighter
seeings
  1. plural of seeing
  2. Examples:
    1. “He wouldnt sayleastwise, I didnt ask him, seeings it was none of my business.”
      “It was all wrapped in a blanket so it could nt even have seeings out the window how the raindrops was coming down so fast.”
      “Now all of our first seeings and hearings and touchings and smellings and tastings are of this kind.”
seens
  1. plural of seen
sees
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