sight

Pronunciation

• enPR: sīt, IPA ^(key): /saɪt/
• SAMPA: /saIt/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Homophones: cite, site

Noun

Singular sight

Plural sights

1. Having sight is if you can see things.
2. A sight is something that people want to see.

   The Statue of Liberty is a popular sight in New York City.

3. A sight is something you see.
4. A sight is a device that is attached onto a weapon and it is for a person to look into to aim the weapon at an intended target.
   • Synonym: scope

Verb

Plain form sight

Third-person singular sights

Past tense sighted

Past participle sighted

Present participle sighting

1. When you sight something, you see it.

   The farmers sighted something strange circling overhead.