sight
sahyt
- n  an instance of visual perception
                    
                        
                            
 the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
 the train was an unexpected sight
- n  anything that is seen
                    
                        
                            
 he was a familiar sight on the television
 they went to Paris to see the sights
- n the ability to see; the visual faculty
- n  a range of mental vision
                    
                        
                            
 in his sight she could do no wrong
- n  the range of vision
                    
                        
                            
 out of sight of land
- n the act of looking or seeing or observing
- n (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
- v  catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
                    
                        
                            
 he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
- v take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
- Many astronauts say that the most spectacular sight they have seen in space is their own planet, a fertile blue ball glowing in a black void.
- Attends arrival ceremony; sight-seeing Saturday, June 27: Travels to Beijing for formal welcome Sunday, June 28: Sight-seeing; dinner with President Jiang.
- A spectacular new exhibit at the University of California, Riverside raises extraordinary questions about the nature of sight.