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  • 41sight — /saɪt/ noun the act of seeing ♦ bill payable at sight a bill which must be paid when it is presented ♦ to buy something sight unseen to buy something without having inspected it ▪▪▪ ‘…if your company needed a piece of equipment priced at about… …

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  • 42sight — /saɪt/ noun the act of seeing ♦ bill payable at sight a bill which must be paid when it is presented ♦ to buy something sight unseen to buy something without having inspected it ▪▪▪ ‘…if your company needed a piece of equipment priced at about… …

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  • 43sight — [OE] Sight is a derivative of the prehistoric Germanic base *sekh , which also produced English see. In the case of its Germanic relatives, German gesicht, Dutch gezicht, Swedish ansikte, and Danish ansigt, the notion of ‘sight’ has led on via… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 44sight — I. n. 1. Perception, view, ken, cognizance. 2. Vision, sense of sight. 3. Open view, visibility. 4. Knowledge, view, estimation, consideration. 5. Spectacle, show, exhibition, representation. 6. Inspection, examination. 7. Eye …

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  • 45sight —  1. Great deal. Often a darned sight more A lot more.  2. Absurd or astonishing object.  3. within sight Near one s objective …

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  • 46sight — see in vain the net is spread in the sight of the bird out of sight, out of mind …

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  • 47sight — [OE] Sight is a derivative of the prehistoric Germanic base *sekh , which also produced English see. In the case of its Germanic relatives, German gesicht, Dutch gezicht, Swedish ansikte, and Danish ansigt, the notion of ‘sight’ has led on via… …

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  • 48sight — (noun)) 1) a position on the bank of a salmon river where fish can be observed. sight (verb) 2) watching for salmon movements in a river …

    Dictionary of ichthyology

  • 49sight — The ability or faculty of seeing. SEE ALSO: vision. [A.S. gesihth] day s. SYN: nyctalopia. far s. SYN: hyperopia. long s. SYN: hyperopia. near s. SYN: myopia. night s. SYN: hemeralopia. second s. improved near vision …

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  • 50sight — See sight, spectacle …

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