sight

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Also spelled seeght

US /saɪt/ See IPA manual

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cite /saɪt/ site /saɪt/

Freq #1503

Meanings

1

noun
The ability to see.

He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
2

noun
Something that you see, or the act of seeing it.

The sight of the ocean always makes me happy.
3

noun
An interesting or famous place that people visit.

We went to London and saw all the sights.
4

noun
The distance within which you can see something.

The ship stayed within sight of land.

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1 noun · the ability to see. eyesight vision

2 noun · something that you see, or... view

4 noun · the distance within which... ken

More espy glimpse see spot

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Forms sightedsightingsightlesssightlesslysights

Derived forms backsightblindsightbombsightboresightday-sightdaysightdesightfar-sightedfarsightforesightgunsighthindsight

Related forms see vision

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Simplified etymology

Sight is an Old English word related to see.

Etymology

From Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -t. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.

siȝht Middle English siht Old English *sihti Proto-West Germanic

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# sight

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /saɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 1503

## Meanings
1. The ability to see.
2. Something that you see, or the act of seeing it.
3. An interesting or famous place that people visit.
4. The distance within which you can see something.

## Examples
- He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
- The sight of the ocean always makes me happy.
- We went to London and saw all the sights.
- The ship stayed within sight of land.

## Synonyms
- espy
- glimpse
- see
- spot

## Derived Forms
- backsight
- blindsight
- bombsight
- boresight
- day-sight
- daysight
- desight
- far-sighted
- farsight
- foresight
- gunsight
- hindsight

## Related Forms
- see
- vision

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: siȝht
- Root: siht
- Root: *sihti

## Etymology
From Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -t. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte.

## AI Etymology
Sight is from Middle English siȝht, siȝt, siht, from Old English siht, sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti, equivalent to see + -t. Cognate with Scots sicht, Saterland Frisian Sicht, West Frisian sicht, Dutch zicht, German Low German Sicht, German Sicht, Danish sigte, Swedish sikte. Important forms in the word's history include Middle English siȝht, Old English siht, Proto-West Germanic *sihti. In current use it includes senses such as The ability to see and Something that you see, or the act of seeing it.

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