nnoun.cognitionan instance of visual perceptionExamples:- the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
- the train was an unexpected sight
Derivationally Related Form:sight
Hypernyms:visual image visual percept
Inherited Hypernyms:sightvisual perceptperceptrepresentationcontentcognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationanything that is seenExamples:- he was a familiar sight on the television
- they went to Paris to see the sights
Derivationally Related Form:sight
Hypernyms:display
Inherited Hypernyms:sightdisplaycommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:spectacle
nnoun.cognitionthe ability to see; the visual facultySynset:vision visual modality visual sense
Derivationally Related Form:sight
Hypernyms:exteroception modality sense modality sensory system
Inherited Hypernyms:sightexteroceptionsensitivitysensefacultyabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:sightmodalitysensefacultyabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:achromatic visionacuitybinocular visioncentral visionchromatic visioncolor visiondaylight visiondistance visioneyesightmonocular visionnear visionnight-sightnight visionperipheral visionphotopic visionscotopic visionseeingsharp-sightednesssightednessstigmatismtrichromacytwilight visionvisual acuity
Full Hyponyms:achromatic visionacuitybinocular visioncentral visioncolor visiondaylight visiondistance visioneyesightfoveal visionmonocular visionnear visionnight visionoxyopiaperipheral visionstereoscopic visionstigmatismtwenty-twenty
nnoun.cognitiona range of mental visionExamples:- in his sight she could do no wrong
Hypernyms:perspective position view
Inherited Hypernyms:sightpositionorientationattitudecognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.cognitionthe range of visionSynset:ken
Derivationally Related Form:sight
Hypernyms:compass grasp range reach
Inherited Hypernyms:sightcompasscapabilityaptitudeabilitycognitionpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of looking or seeing or observingSynset:survey view
Examples:- he tried to get a better view of it
- his survey of the battlefield was limited
Derivationally Related Form:surveyviewsight
Hypernyms:look looking looking at
Inherited Hypernyms:viewlooksensingsensory activityactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:eyeful
nnoun.quantity(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extentSynset:batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mess mickle mint mountain muckle passel peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft slew spate stack tidy sum wad
Examples:- a batch of letters
- a deal of trouble
- a lot of money
- he made a mint on the stock market
- see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
- it must have cost plenty
- a slew of journalists
- a wad of money
Derivationally Related Form:plenteouswadheappile
Hypernyms:large indefinite amount large indefinite quantity
Inherited Hypernyms:batchlarge indefinite quantityindefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:delugefloodhaymowinundationtorrent
Full Hyponyms:floodhaymow
vverb.perceptioncatch sight of; to perceive with the eyesSynset:spy
Examples:- he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Derivationally Related Form:sightingsight
Hypernyms:comprehend perceive
Inherited Hypernyms:spyperceive
Direct Hyponyms:descrydetectdiscoverespyfindnoticeobservespotspy
Full Troponyms:descrydetectfind outinstantiateseesensetrace
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.perceptiontake aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)Hypernyms:aim direct take take aim train
Inherited Hypernyms:sightaimpositionputmove
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s