sight
US /saɪt/
Definition
an instance of visual perception
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The old castle is one of the most popular sights in the city.
Word Family
Synonyms
- visiona vivid mental image
- spectaclesomething or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight)
- viewa way of regarding situations or topics etc
Collocations
- Easy beautiful sightdescribing beautiful sight (delighting the senses or exciting intellectual or emotional admiration)
- Medium tourist sightdescribing tourist sight (someone who travels for pleasure)
- Hard catch sight ofto catch sight of, meaning to discover or come upon accidentally, suddenly, or unexpectedly; catch somebody doing something or in a certain state
- Very Hard lose sight of the objectiveto lose sight of the objective, meaning to fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense
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