Definition of Sight

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Definition of Sight

Sight

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land.

The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes.

The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight.

A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing.

The instrument of seeing; the eye.

Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person.

Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless.

A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; as, the sight of a quadrant.

A small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming.

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 or the like, the open space, the opening.

A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money.

To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck.

To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.

To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon.

To take aim by a sight.

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Sight Quotations

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
Mark Twain

It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.
C. S. Lewis

I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
Walt Disney

The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
Helen Keller

Of all the senses, sight must be the most delightful.
Helen Keller

The only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.
Helen Keller

How oft the sight of means to do ill deeds makes ill deeds done!
William Shakespeare

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering what she is to us alone.
Henry David Thoreau

In my mind's eye, I visualize how a particular... sight and feeling will appear on a print. If it excites me, there is a good chance it will make a good photograph. It is an intuitive sense, an ability that comes from a lot of practice.
Ansel Adams

I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
Katharine Hepburn

Sight Translations

sight in Dutch is richtmiddel, zoeker, vizier
sight in German is anblick
sight in Italian is cosa notevole, aspetto
sight in Norwegian is utsikt
sight in Portuguese is vista

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