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sight
What does sight mean?
sight (noun): an instance of visual perception.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use sight in a sentence?
- The sight of his wife brought him back to reality. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
- The train was an unexpected sight. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce sight?
/saɪt/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does sight come from?
From Middle English sighte, from Old English sihþ (“something seen; vision”), from Proto-West Germanic *sihti (“seeing, sight”), equivalent to see + -t.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “sight” mean?
an instance of visual perception
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the result or outcome of a cause
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a particular instance of selling
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a journey; an excursion or jaunt
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