sightnoun
uk/saɪt/us/saɪt/sight noun (ABILITY TO SEE)
B1 [ U ] the ability to see:
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- She suffers from a sight defect.
- He has no sight in his left eye.
- We will know in a couple of days if the operation to restore her sight was successful.
- Doctors have restored his sight.
- She lost her sight after a car accident.
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Eyesight, glasses & lenses
- (as) blind as a bat idiom
- 20/20 vision
- age-related macular degeneration
- AMD
- Balint's syndrome
- blepharospasm
- blind side
- blindly
- ciliary
- cross-eyed
- dispensing optician
- horn-rimmed
- lorgnette
- nearsighted
- ophthalmologist
- optic
- optometrist
- sightless
- spectacle
- twenty-twenty vision
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sight noun (VIEW)
B2 [ C or S or U ] something that is in someone's view:
B1 places of interest, especially to visitors:
without seeing something first:
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- The sky was a perfect blue - not a cloud in sight.
- It was an affecting sight.
- I cringed at the sight of my dad dancing.
- The car decelerated at the sight of the police car.
- He faints at the sight of blood.
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Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- dart
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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sight noun (MUCH)
a lot; much:
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Masses and large amounts of things
- accumulation
- an embarrassment of riches idiom
- any number of things idiom
- backlog
- battery
- boatload
- bolus
- clot
- deluge
- fund
- lashing
- lather
- outpouring
- panoply
- plethora
- predominance
- preponderance
- sheet
- shower
- thousand
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sight noun (GUN PART)
[ C usually plural ] a part of a gun or other device through which you look to help you aim at something:
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Parts of guns
- barrel
- bore
- business end
- butt
- clip
- flint
- gauge
- hammer
- holster
- magazine
- muffler
- muzzle
- ramrod
- safety catch
- silencer
- stock
- trigger
- turret
Idiom(s)
sightverb [ T ]
uk/saɪt/us/saɪt/to suddenly see something or someone:
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Using the eyes
- before your very eyes idiom
- beheld
- bore
- breathe
- come to sb's attention/notice idiom
- dart
- eye
- feast
- gawk
- get a load of that! idiom
- get him, her, you, etc.! idiom
- keep tabs on sth/sb idiom
- look-see
- observational
- out of/from the corner of your eye idiom
- passer-by
- rest
- sneak
- squint
- visual
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