Also spelled seeght
Meanings
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1
noun
The ability to see.
He is losing his sight and now can barely read.
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2
noun
Something that you see, or the act of seeing it.
The sight of the ocean always makes me happy.
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3
noun
An interesting or famous place that people visit.
We went to London and saw all the sights.
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4
noun
The distance within which you can see something.
The ship stayed within sight of land.
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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.
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