sight

• vision, ability to see; look, glimpse; spectacle; viewfinder; range of view; point of view; ridiculous appearance
see with the eyes, view; notice, discern; observe, look at carefully; locate in a viewfinder; equip with a viewfinder; direct, aim
sight is the ability to see.
a sight is something that you see, or the act of seeing it.
the sights are interesting places that are often visited by tourists.
if someone or something is sighted somewhere, they are seen there briefly or suddenly.
the part of a gun that helps you to aim it more accurately is called the sight or the sights.
see also sighted, sighting.
if someone or something appears to have certain characteristics at first sight, they appear to have them when you first meet them, although they may not actually be like that when you know them better.
if one thing is a sight better or a sight worse than a similar thing, it is very much better or very much worse; used in informal english.
if something is in sight, you can see it. if it is out of sight, you cannot see it.
if a result or a decision is in sight, it is likely to happen soon.
if you catch sight of someone, you see them suddenly or briefly.
if you know someone by sight, you can recognize them when you see them, but you have never spoken to them.
if someone is ordered to shoot on sight, they have to shoot someone as soon as they see them.
if you set your sights on something, you are determined to have it.
to lose sight of something: see lose.