sight
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an instance of visual perception
the sight of his wife brought him back to reality
Types & categories
- visual percept hypernym
Related & opposite
- sight derivation
Sense 2 verb
catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Types & categories
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Sense 3 noun
anything that is seen
he was a familiar sight on the television
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- sight derivation
Sense 4 verb
take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
Types & categories
- aim hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the ability to see; the visual faculty
Types & categories
- sensory system hypernym
- exteroception hypernym
- stigmatism hyponym
- achromatic vision hyponym
- sharp-sightedness hyponym
- binocular vision hyponym
- central vision hyponym
- color vision hyponym
- distance vision hyponym
- eyesight hyponym
- monocular vision hyponym
- near vision hyponym
- night vision hyponym
- daylight vision hyponym
- peripheral vision hyponym
Related & opposite
- sight derivation
- visual system has domain topic
Sense 6 noun
a range of mental vision
in his sight she could do no wrong
Types & categories
- view hypernym
Sense 7 noun
the range of vision
out of sight of land
Types & categories
- grasp hypernym
Related & opposite
- sight derivation
Sense 8 noun
the act of looking or seeing or observing
he tried to get a better view of it
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Sense 9 noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
a batch of letters
Types & categories
- large indefinite quantity hypernym
- deluge hyponym
- haymow hyponym
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sight |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | visual percept |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sighting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | survey |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | ken |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | visual sense |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sight |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | sight |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | perceive |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | notice |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | sight |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | display |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | spectacle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | aim |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | sight |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | visual system |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | sensory system |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | exteroception |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | stigmatism |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | achromatic vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | sharp-sightedness |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | binocular vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | central vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | color vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | distance vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | eyesight |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | monocular vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | near vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | night vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | daylight vision |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | peripheral vision |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | view |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | sight |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | grasp |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | survey |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | watch |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | sight |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | looking |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | eyeful |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | cram |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | jam |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | heap |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | plenteous |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | large indefinite quantity |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | deluge |
| 9 | hyponym | Types & categories | haymow |