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1. the faculty or power of seeing:

視力(eyesight), 視覚

e.g. Joseph lost his sight as a baby

e.g. as modifier : a sight test.

the action or fact of seeing someone or something:

見る［見える］こと; 一見, 一瞥 (!具体例ではa ～; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う)

e.g. I've always been scared of the sight of blood.

the area or distance within which someone can see or something can be seen:

視野, 見える範囲, 視界

e.g. he now refused to let Rose out of his sight.

dated a person's view or consideration:

｟かたく･やや古｠ 考え, 見解, 意見, 判断(opinion)

e.g. we are all equal in the sight of God.

2. a thing that one sees or that can be seen:

景色, 光景, 眺め (!特定の場所からの風景全体はview)

e.g. John was a familiar sight in the bar for many years

e.g. he was getting used to seeing unpleasant sights.

(sights) places of interest to tourists and visitors in a city, town, or other place:

〖～s〗 名所, 見所(→ sightseeing)

e.g. she offered to show me the sights.

(a sight) informal a person or thing having a ridiculous, repulsive, or disheveled appearance:

｟主に英･くだけて｠ ; 〖a ～〗 物笑いの種, ひどいもの (!人･場所などをさす)

e.g. “I must look a frightful sight,” she said.

3. (usually sights) a device on a gun or optical instrument used for assisting a person's precise aim or observation.

〖通例～s〗 (銃･望遠鏡などの)照準器

1. with object manage to see or observe (someone or something); catch an initial glimpse of:

｟かたく/書｠ (遠くに)〈探していた物〉を見つける, …を(一瞬)目撃する (!通例進行形にしない)

e.g. tell me when you sight London Bridge

e.g. (as noun sighting) : the unseasonal sighting of a cuckoo.

2. no object, with adverbial of direction take aim by looking through the sights of a gun:

…を狙う

e.g. she sighted down the barrel.

take a detailed visual measurement of something with or as with a sight.

with object adjust the sight of (a firearm or optical instrument).

«…に» 〈銃〉の照準を合わせる «on»

on first seeing or meeting someone:

e.g. it was love at first sight.

after an initial impression (which is then found to be different from what is actually the case):

e.g. the debate is more complex than it seems at first sight.

glimpse for a moment; suddenly notice:

e.g. when she caught sight of him she smiled.

visible:

e.g. no other vehicle was in sight.

near at hand; close to being achieved or realized:

e.g. the minister insisted that agreement was in sight.

so as to see or be seen from:

e.g. I climbed the hill and came in sight of the house.

within reach of; close to attaining:

e.g. he was safe for the moment and in sight of victory.

visible, especially through the sights of one's gun.

within the scope of one's ambitions or expectations:

e.g. he had the prize firmly in his sights.

be no longer able to see.

fail to consider, be aware of, or remember:

e.g. we should not lose sight of the fact that the issues involved are moral ones.

informal not a pleasant spectacle or situation.

as soon as someone or something has been seen:

e.g. in Africa, paramilitary game wardens shoot poachers on sight.

1. not visible:

e.g. she saw them off, waving until the car was out of sight.

2. informal extremely good; excellent:

e.g. the band was out of sight tonight!

proverb you soon forget people or things that are no longer visible or present.

go away at once!

become more (or less) ambitious; increase (or lower) one's expectations.

have as an ambition; hope strongly to achieve or reach:

e.g. Katherine set her sights on college.

informal a person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see.

a person or thing that is particularly impressive or worth seeing.

informal or dialect used to indicate that something is so described to a considerable extent:

e.g. the old lady is a sight cleverer than Sarah

e.g. he's a sight too full of himself.

sighter noun

Old English (ge)sihth‘something seen’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zicht and German Gesicht ‘sight, face, appearance’. The verb dates from the mid 16th century (in sight (sense 2 of the verb) ).