Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sight

/saɪt/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables
sight
IPA
/saɪt/
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The sense or faculty by which objects are perceived through the agency of light; the sense by which we see.

Uncountable

noun

An act, instance, opportunity or possibility of seeing; the perception of objects by the eye; view (see also idiomatic expressions such as in sight, out of sight, catch sight of, etc.)

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something seen.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target; see also in one's sights.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Colloquial; Countable; Uncountable

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English sighte, from Old English sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti (“seeing, sight”), equivalent to see + -t. Cognates Cognate with Cimbrian gazicht (“sight, vision; pupil”), Dutch gezicht (“face; sight, vision”), zicht (“sight, vision”), German Gesicht (“face; sight, vision”), Sicht (“view; sight; visibility”), Luxembourgish Gesiicht (“face”), Siicht (“view; sight”), Yiddish געזיכט (gezikht, “face”), Danish sigt (“sight; visibility”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk sikt (“visibility”), Swedish sikt (“visibility”), sikte (“sight”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

sights (plural) sicht (alternative, pronunciation spelling) sights (present, singular) sighting (participle, present) sighted (participle, past) sighted (past)

Derived Forms

backsight blindsight bombsight boresight daysight desight farsight foresight gunsight hindsight insight mindsight

Phrases

a damn sight a far sight a fuck sight at first sight at short sight at sight at the sight of barleycorn sight

Frequently Paired Words

see vision

Synonyms

vision eyesight ken sight perception view peep sight scope brimful load ton abundance

Homonyms

cite site scite

Rhymes With

right might night white light quite fight site non-white write tonight despite

Questions

How do you pronounce sight?
The recorded pronunciation is /saɪt/.
What does sight mean?
The sense or faculty by which objects are perceived through the agency of light; the sense by which we see.
Where does sight come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sight

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