be+in+sight

  • 91sight*/*/*/ — [saɪt] noun I 1) [U] the ability to see using your eyes Syn: eyesight, vision people with poor sight[/ex] 2) [U] the act of seeing someone or something I don t know him personally, but I know him by sight (= I know what he looks like).[/ex] The… …

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  • 92sight — [[t]saɪt[/t]] n. 1) phl the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision 2) the act or fact of seeing 3) one s range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight[/ex] 4) a view; glimpse 5) mental… …

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  • 93sight — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, aim, aim at, airscape, amazement, angle, angle of vision, assumption, astonishing thing, astonishment, atrocity, attitude, awe inspiring, baboon, bag, barrel, basis, batch, behold, bend, blemish, blot,… …

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  • 94sight — noun 1》 the faculty or power of seeing. 2》 the action or fact of seeing someone or something.     ↘the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen. 3》 a thing that one sees or that can be seen.     ↘(sights) places of… …

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  • 95sight — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vision, eyesight; view, vista, scene; appearance, aspect, look; spectacle, display; visibility; aim, observation; eyesore (see ugliness). at sight II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The power of seeing] Syn.… …

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  • 96sight — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesiht faculty or act of sight, thing seen; akin to Old High German gisiht sight, Old English sēon to see Date: before 12th century 1. something that is seen ; spectacle 2. a. a thing regarded… …

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  • 97Sight (device) — Sights redirects here. For the rock band, see The Sights .A sight is an optical device used to assist aim by guiding the eye and aligning it with a weapon or other item to be pointed. Various forms of sights exist, such as iron sights, red dot… …

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  • 98sight — n 1. vision, eyesight, eyes. 2. range or field of vision, eyeshot, eyereach, ken, view; gaze, look; inspection, scrutiny. 3. glimpse, brief look, look, glance, Fr. apercu, Scot. glisk, Fr. coup d oeil, Inf. once over, Inf. looksee, Sl. gander,… …

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  • 99sight-reading — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ noun 1. a. : the action or an instance of reading at sight b. : the ability to read at sight 2. : material for reading at sight * * * sight reading noun …

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  • 100sight — 1. noun 1) she has excellent sight Syn: eyesight, vision, eyes, faculty of sight, visual perception 2) her first sight of it Syn: view, glimpse, glance, look 3) within sight of the ene …

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