sight
verb/saɪt/
/saɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they sight | /saɪt/ /saɪt/ |
| he / she / it sights | /saɪts/ /saɪts/ |
| past simple sighted | /ˈsaɪtɪd/ /ˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| past participle sighted | /ˈsaɪtɪd/ /ˈsaɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form sighting | /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ /ˈsaɪtɪŋ/ |
- sight something to suddenly see something, especially something you have been looking for
- After twelve days at sea, they sighted land.
Homophones cite | sight | sitecite sight site/saɪt//saɪt/- cite verb
- They were unable to cite any studies to back up their claims.
- sight noun
- She would never forget the sight of Machu Picchu appearing out of the mist.
- sight verb
- He was the first European to sight the island later named Hispaniola.
- site noun
- Follow this link to reach the official site.
- site verb
- The company plans to site its new headquarters there.
Word OriginOld English (ge)sihth ‘something seen’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch zicht and German Gesicht ‘sight, face, appearance’.
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