A device used to assist aim by guiding the eye, as on a firearm or surveying instrument.
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An aim or observation taken with such a device.
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An opportunity to observe or inspect.
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Field of vision.
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Informal Something unsightly: Your hair is a sight.
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idiom
On sight Immediately upon being seen: threatened to shoot looters on sight.
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Out of sight Slang Remarkable; incredible: The graduation party was out of sight.
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Sight for sore eyes Informal One whom it is a relief or joy to see.
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Sight unseen Without seeing the object in question: bought the horse sight unseen.
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verb-transitive
To adjust the sights of (a rifle, for example).
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To observe through a sight or an optical instrument: sight a target.
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To perceive with the eyes; get sight of: sighted land after 40 days at sea.
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To take aim with (a firearm).
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verb-intransitive
To take aim: sighted along the barrel of the gun.
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verb
To get or catch sight of .
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To look at through or as if through a sight.
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To test for straightness.
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To aim by means of .
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To equip with sights.
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