sight
noun
[ sʌɪt ]
• the faculty or power of seeing.
• "Joseph lost his sight as a baby"
• a thing that one sees or that can be seen.
• "John was a familiar sight in the bar for many years"
• a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting a person's precise aim or observation.
• "there were reports of a man on the roof aiming a rifle and looking through its sights"
sight
verb
• manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of.
• "tell me when you sight London Bridge"
Similar:
glimpse,
catch/get a glimpse of,
catch sight of,
see,
spot,
spy,
notice,
observe,
make out,
pick out,
detect,
have sight of,
clap/lay/set eyes on,
espy,
behold,
descry,
• take aim by looking through the sights of a gun.
• "she sighted down the barrel"
Origin:
Old English (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zicht and German Gesicht ‘sight, face, appearance’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century (in sight (sense 2 of the verb)).
on sight
• as soon as someone or something has been seen.
• "in Africa, paramilitary game wardens shoot poachers on sight"
