sight
an instance of visual perception
How often you will meet it
Rank 374 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 52,984 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.025% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- an instance of visual perception the sight of his wife brought him back to realitythe train was an unexpected sight
- anything that is seen he was a familiar sight on the televisionthey went to Paris to see the sights
- the ability to see; the visual faculty also: vision, visual sense, visual modality
- a range of mental vision in his sight she could do no wrong
- the range of vision also: ken out of sight of land
- the act of looking or seeing or observing also: view, survey he tried to get a better view of ithis survey of the battlefield was limited
verb
- catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes also: spy he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
sight in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I shall never forget my first sight of Mary Cavendish.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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Just at that moment a troop of the guards appeared in sight.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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I took a sight of pains with him, and he'll sing beautiful before long.
The Palace Beautiful: A Story for Girls · L. T. Meade · Chapter 1
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As for the other leopard, it made to shore, and ran with prodigious swiftness out of sight.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Once he had known birds only by sight, but now he knew every calling, twittering, winging soul of them by name.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1