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something that you see sight something that you see: • A herd of elephants is a magnificent sight. • Even Charles cheered up at the sight of the food. view the area you can see from a window or place, especially when it is beautiful: • The view from the top of the mountain is amazing. • The hotel has great views of Lake Windermere. • We had a good view of the firework display. panorama an impressive view of a very large area that stretches a long way across in front of you: • a panorama of snow-covered hills and mountains vista written a view of a large area of beautiful scenery – used in written descriptions: • The road around the island offers some spectacular vistas. scene what you see in a place, especially where people are moving around and doing things: • Reporters described the horrific scenes which followed the bombing. • His pictures are mainly of local scenes. spectacle something that you see that is very unusual, surprising, or strange: • It must have been an unusual spectacle. • I leaned over the balcony to get a look at the spectacle below. visuals [ plural ] pictures or parts of a film, video etc that people can see, as opposed to the parts you can hear: • Good visuals will help keep your audience’s attention.
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noun ability to see ADJ. excellent, good, normal, perfect | defective, failing, poor, weak | long, short VERB + SIGHT have She has very little sight in her left eye. | lose He's lost the sight of one eye. | save The surgeons battled to save her sight. SIGHT + VERB deteriorate, fail, go I think my sight is beginning to go. SIGHT + NOUN test | defects, problems PHRASES the/your sense of sight act/moment of seeing sth VERB + SIGHT catch, get, have She suddenly caught sight of the look on her mother's face. We will soon get our first sight of the Statue of Liberty. | keep She kept sight of him in her mirror. | lose PREP. at the ~ (of) Her knees went weak at the sight of him. PHRASES at first sight He looked at first sight like an English tourist. | cannot stand/bear the sight of sth (= hate seeing sb/sth) I never could stand the sight of blood. | a clear sight of sth He didn't shoot until he had a clear sight of the goal. | know sb by sight (= to recognize sb without knowing them well), the mere/very sight of sb/sth The mere sight of her sitting there made his heart beat faster. | shoot (sb) on sight (= to shoot sb immediately you see them) Soldiers have been ordered to shoot looters on sight. | sick of the sight of sb/sth We've shared an office for too long and we're sick of the sight of each other. position where sth can be seen VERB + SIGHT come into Then the towers of the castle came into sight. | disappear from, vanish from She watched until the car disappeared from sight. | hide (sth) from, remove sth from I hid the papers from sight. | keep sth in Keep their car in sight for as long as you can. PREP. in ~ (often figurative) The end is in sight (= will happen soon). | out of ~ He kept out of sight behind a pillar. | within ~ of The cricket ground was situated within sight of both village pubs. PHRASES come in sight of sb/sth At last we came in sight of a few houses. | in full sight of sb He tried to break into a car in full sight of a policeman. | in plain sight They waited until the enemy was in plain sight. | your line of sight She was now standing just out of his line of sight. | not let sb/sth out of your sight Whatever you do, don't let them out of your sight! sth that you see ADJ. common, regular | bizarre, rare, strange, unexpected, unfamiliar, unlikely, unusual | awe-inspiring, awesome, beautiful, breathtaking, fine, impressive, inspiring, magnificent, spectacular, splendid, unforgettable, wonderful | depressing, pathetic, pitiful, sad, sorry He really did look a sorry sight, his hair tangled and his clothing covered in feathers. | ghastly, gruesome, horrifying, terrible, terrifying VERB + SIGHT look PHRASES not a pretty sight I'm not a pretty sight when I get out of bed in the morning. | sights and sounds The sights and sounds of the city distracted her from her work. sights: places of interest ADJ. famous, historic VERB + SIGHT see, take in, visit Let's get out of the hotel and see the sights. sights: your aim/expectation VERB + SIGHT have sb/sth in/within Rossi has the defending champion in her sights in tomorrow's race. | lower, raise After failing to get into university, he lowered his sights and got a job in a shop. PHRASES set your sights on sth/have your sights set on sth She has her sights set on becoming a writer. | set your sights high/low He says he wants to win the trophy, but I think he's setting his sights too high.
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sight adjectives good sight • Many types of fish have good sight. poor sight • His sight was quite poor. failing sight (= becoming worse ) • He ran the business until failing sight forced him to retire. verbs lose your sight • As the result of a severe illness, she lost her sight at the age of twelve. save sb’s sight • Surgeons believe they can save her sight. sb’s sight fails (= gets much worse ) • He was in his seventies when his sight began to fail. sight + NOUN a sight test • If your sight test shows that you need glasses, the optician will give you a prescription.