an instance of visual perception; the sight of his wife brought him back to reality; the train was an unexpected sight'

anything that is seen; he was a familiar sight on the television; they went to Paris to see the sights'

the ability to see; the visual faculty

[ Syn: vision , vision , visual sense , visual sense , visual modality , visual modality ]

a range of mental vision; in his sight she could do no wrong'

the range of vision; out of sight of land

[ Syn: ken ]

the act of looking or seeing or observing; he tried to get a better view of it; his survey of the battlefield was limited

[ Syn: view , survey ]

(often followed by `of) a large number or amount or extent; 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; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money

[ Syn: batch , deal , flock , good deal , great deal , hatful , heap , lot , mass , mess , mickle , mint , mountain , muckle , passel , peck , pile , plenty , pot , quite a little , raft , slew , spate , stack , tidy sum , wad ]

catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; he caught sight of the kings men coming over the ridge

[ Syn: spy ]

take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)