sight

CEFRA2

/saɪt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The ability to see; something that is seen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something seen.

Examples

  • Did you fall in love with her at first sight?

  • The beautiful mountain view was a wonderful sight to behold.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /səɪt/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.

  2. The ability to see.

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

More examples

In context

  • You must not lose sight of your goal in life.

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

  • We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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”).