Dictionary entry details
• SIGHT (noun)
Meaning:
An instance of visual perception
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context examples:
the sight of his wife brought him back to reality / the train was an unexpected sight
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
visual image; visual percept (a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system)
Meaning:
Anything that is seen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context examples:
he was a familiar sight on the television / they went to Paris to see the sights
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
display (exhibiting openly in public view)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sight"):
spectacle (something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight))
Meaning:
The ability to see; the visual faculty
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
visual modality; visual sense; vision; sight
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
exteroception (sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body)
modality; sense modality; sensory system (a particular sense)
Domain member category:
visual system (the sensory system for vision)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sight"):
monocular vision (vision with only one eye)
near vision (vision for objects 2 feet or closer to the viewer)
night vision; night-sight; scotopic vision; twilight vision (the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight))
daylight vision; photopic vision (normal vision in daylight; vision with sufficient illumination that the cones are active and hue is perceived)
peripheral vision (vision using only the periphery of the retina)
eyesight; seeing; sightedness (normal use of the faculty of vision)
distance vision (vision for objects that a 20 feet or more from the viewer)
chromatic vision; color vision; trichromacy (the normal ability to see colors)
stigmatism (normal eyesight)
achromatic vision (vision using the rods)
acuity; sharp-sightedness; visual acuity (sharpness of vision; the visual ability to resolve fine detail (usually measured by a Snellen chart))
binocular vision (vision involving the use of both eyes)
central vision (vision using the fovea and parafovea)
Meaning:
A optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
optical instrument (an instrument designed to aid vision)
Meronyms (parts of "sight"):
eyepiece; ocular (combination of lenses at the viewing end of optical instruments)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sight"):
bombsight (a sighting device in an aircraft for aiming bombs)
gun-sight; gunsight (a sight used for aiming a gun)
Holonyms ("sight" is a part of...):
firearm; piece; small-arm (a portable gun)
surveying instrument; surveyor's instrument (an instrument used by surveyors)
Meaning:
A range of mental vision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
in his sight she could do no wrong
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
perspective; position; view (a way of regarding situations or topics etc.)
Meaning:
The range of vision
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
ken; sight
Context example:
out of sight of land
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
compass; grasp; range; reach (the limit of capability)
Meaning:
The act of looking or seeing or observing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
survey; view; sight
Context examples:
he tried to get a better view of it / his survey of the battlefield was limited
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
look; looking; looking at (the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sight"):
eyeful (a full view; a good look)
Meaning:
(often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
mint; peck; quite a little; slew; spate; tidy sum; whole lot; whole slew; mickle; hatful; muckle; lot; good deal; great deal; stack; batch; raft; plenty; pile; heap; mass; wad; deal; flock; pot; mess; sight
Context examples:
a batch of letters / a deal of trouble / a lot of money / he made a mint on the stock market / it must have cost plenty
Hypernyms ("sight" is a kind of...):
large indefinite amount; large indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sight"):
deluge; flood; inundation; torrent (an overwhelming number or amount)
haymow (a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation)
• SIGHT (verb)
Meaning:
Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Hypernyms (to "sight" is one way to...):
comprehend; perceive (to become aware of through the senses)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sight"):
descry; espy; spot; spy (catch sight of)
detect; discover; find; notice; observe (discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
