noun · verb · 23 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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sīt
/saɪt/
/səɪt/
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rhymes with -aɪt
homophone: cite
homophone: site
CMU ARPABET:S AY1 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The ability to see.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
9
noun
Meaning 9
The instrument of seeing; the eye.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
10
noun
Meaning 10
Mental view; opinion; judgment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to sight land from a ship
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
12
verb
Meaning 12
To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.
To observe through, or as if through, a sight, to check the elevation, direction, levelness, or other characteristics of, especially when surveying or navigating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
13
verb
Meaning 13
To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to sight a rifle or a cannon
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
14
verb
Meaning 14
To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
15
noun
Meaning 15
the act of looking or seeing or observing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he tried to get a better view of it
his survey of the battlefield was limited
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: view, survey
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look, looking, looking at
Narrower terms: eyeful
16
noun
Meaning 16
the range of vision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
out of sight of land
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ken
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: compass, range, reach, grasp
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noun
Meaning 17
the ability to see; the visual faculty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: vision, visual sense, visual modality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: modality, sense modality, sensory system, exteroception
Narrower terms: stigmatism, achromatic vision, acuity, visual acuity, sharp-sightedness, binocular vision, central vision, color vision, chromatic vision, trichromacy, distance vision, eyesight, seeing, sightedness, monocular vision, near vision, night vision, night-sight, scotopic vision, twilight vision, daylight vision, photopic vision, peripheral vision
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noun
Meaning 18
an instance of visual perception
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
the train was an unexpected sight
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: visual percept, visual image
19
noun
Meaning 19
a range of mental vision
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
in his sight she could do no wrong
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: position, view, perspective
20
noun
Meaning 20
anything that is seen
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he was a familiar sight on the television
they went to Paris to see the sights
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: display
Narrower terms: spectacle
21
noun
Meaning 21
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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
