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7 ADV [ADV adj/adv] You can use a sight to mean a lot. For example, if you say that something is a sight worse than it was before, you are emphasizing that it is much worse than it was. [INFORMAL , EMPHASIS ] □  She's been no more difficult than most daughters and a sight better than some I could mention.

8 → see also sighted , sighting

9 PHRASE If you catch sight of someone, you suddenly see them, often briefly. □  Then he caught sight of her small black velvet hat in the crowd.

10 PHRASE If you say that something seems to have certain characteristics at first sight , you mean that it appears to have the features you describe when you first see it but later it is found to be different. □  It promised to be a more difficult undertaking than might appear at first sight.

11 PHRASE If something is in sight or within sight , you can see it. If it is out of sight , you cannot see it. □ [+ of ] The Atlantic coast is within sight of the hotel. □ [+ of ] We parked out of sight of passing traffic to avoid attracting attention.

12 PHRASE If a result or a decision is in sight or within sight , it is likely to happen within a short time. □  An agreement on many aspects of trade policy was in sight.

13 PHRASE If you lose sight of an important aspect of something, you no longer pay attention to it because you are worrying about less important things. □  In some cases, U.S. industry has lost sight of customer needs in designing products.

14 PHRASE If someone is ordered to do something on sight , they have to do it without delay, as soon as a person or thing is seen. □  Troops shot anyone suspicious on sight.

15 PHRASE If you set your sights on something, you decide that you want it and try hard to get it. □  They have set their sights on the world record. COLLOCATIONS sight NOUN 3

adjective + sight : familiar; depressing, not a pretty, sad, sorry; welcome; common, rare; awesome, spectacular SYNONYMS sight NOUN

1

vision:It causes blindness or serious loss of vision.

eyesight:He suffered from poor eyesight and could no longer read properly.

2

view:He stood up to get a better view of the blackboard.

sighting:…the sighting of a rare sea bird at Lundy island.

glimpse:They had waited 24 hours to catch a glimpse of their heroine.

sight|ed /sa I t I d/

1 ADJ [ADJ n] Sighted people have the ability to see. This word is usually used to contrast people who can see with people who are blind. □  Blind children tend to be more passive in this area of motor development than sighted children.

2 → see also clear-sighted , far-sighted , long-sighted , near-sighted , short-sighted

sight|ing /sa I t I ŋ/ (sightings ) N‑COUNT A sighting of something, especially something unusual or unexpected is an occasion on which it is seen. □ [+ of ] …the sighting of a rare sea bird at Lundy island.

sight|less /sa I tləs/ ADJ Someone who is sightless is blind. [LITERARY ] □  He wiped a tear from his sightless eyes.

sight-read (sight-reads , sight-reading ) The form sight-read is used in the present tense, where it is pronounced /sa I t riːd/, and is the past tense and past participle, pronounced /sa I t red/. VERB Someone who can sight-read can play or sing music from a printed sheet the first time they see it, without practising it beforehand. □ [V ] Symphony musicians cannot necessarily sight-read. [Also V n]