sightnoun/saɪt/

• 1

  The ability to see.

  • He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
  • Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.
• 2

  The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.

  • to gain sight of land
  • And when hee had spoken these things, while they beheld, hee was taken vp, and a cloud receiued him out of their sight.
• 3

  Something seen.

  • He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]
• 4

  Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.

  • We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.
  • You really look a sight in that ridiculous costume!
• 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.

  • the sight of a quadrant
  • their eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel
• 7

  a great deal, a lot; frequently used to intensify a comparative.

  • a sight of money
  • This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!
• 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.

sightverb/saɪt/

• 1

  To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.

  • I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.
  • to sight land from a ship
• 2

  To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.

  • Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.
• 3

  To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.

  • to sight a rifle or a cannon
• 4

  To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.

  • Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror.
  • So I sighted the deer with my .30—30 and fired at him. The bullet hit about ten yards below the deer. I realized that I had a problem with the gun so I aimed about ten yards above the deer as he was running and he dropped dead on the [spot].