sight
The ability to see.
Example
“He is losing his sight and now can barely read.”
Other meanings
The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.
“to gain sight of land”
Something seen.
Related words
- backsight
- blindsight
- bombsight
- boresight
- daysight
- desight
- farsight
- gunsight
- mindsight
- missight
- onsight
- oversightly
Example sentences
Word history
From Old English "sihþ" (something seen; vision).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sight” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.