📒 the ability to see
- to lose your sight (= to become blind)
- She has very good sight.
- The disease has affected her sight.
📒 the act of seeing somebody/something
- sight of somebody/something She kept sight of him in her mirror.
- She caught sight of a car in the distance.
- After ten days at sea, we had our first sight of land.
📒 the area or distance within which somebody can see or something can be seen
- in sight There was no one in sight.
- They stole everything in sight.
- The end is in sight (= will happen soon).
📒 a thing that you see or can see
- Roadside stalls are a common sight in the city.
- It's a spectacular sight as the flamingos lift into the air.
- The museum attempts to recreate the sights and sounds of wartime Britain.
📒 the interesting places, especially in a town or city, that are often visited by tourists
- We're going to Paris for the weekend to see the sights.
- The next day I did the sights of the city.
- It's best if you can get someone local to show you the sights.
📒 a person or thing that looks silly, untidy, unpleasant, etc.
- She looks a sight in that hat!
📒 a device that you look through to aim a gun, etc. or to look at something through a telescope, etc.
- He had the deer in his sights now.
- to align the sights on the target
- (figurative) Even as a young actress, she always had Hollywood firmly in her sights (= as her final goal).
📒 when you first begin to consider something
- At first sight, it may look like a generous offer, but always read the small print.
📒 when you see somebody/something for the first time
- It was love at first sight (= we fell in love the first time we saw each other).
- We fell in love with the house at first sight.
- He looked at first sight like a tourist.
📒 to hate, etc. somebody/something very much
- I can't stand the sight of him!
- We've shared an office for too long and we're sick of the sight of each other.
📒 to appear, especially when moving gradually closer from a long way off
- A ship hove into sight.
- Like a galleon in full sail, Cara hove into view.
📒 in somebody’s opinion
- We are all equal in the sight of God.
📒 to recognize somebody without knowing them well
📒 to become no longer able to see somebody/something
- They finally lost sight of land.
📒 to stop considering something; to forget something
- We must not lose sight of our original aim.
📒 not pleasant to look at
- You should have seen him in his swimming trunks—not a pretty sight!
📒 impossible for anyone to find or see
- I wanted to talk to him but he was nowhere to be found.
- The children were nowhere to be seen.
- A peace settlement is nowhere in sight (= is not likely in the near future).
📒 used to say somebody will quickly be forgotten when they are no longer with you
📒 to expect more/less from a situation
- If they can’t afford such a big house, they’ll just have to lower their sights a little.
- After failing to get into university, he lowered his sights and got a job in a shop.
📒 to decide that you want something and to try very hard to get it
- She's set her sights on getting into Harvard.
- I had set my sights on a career in journalism.
- He says he wants to win the trophy, but I think he's setting his sights too high.
📒 very much better; much too good, etc.
- She's done a darn sight better than I have.
- It's worth a damn sight more than I thought.
📒 a person or thing that you are pleased to see; something that is very pleasant to look at
📒 if you buy something sight unseen, you do not have an opportunity to see it before you buy it
- I bought it, sight unseen.