sight

/saɪt/ noun

Definition

ABILITY [U] › the ability to use your eyes to see: Doctors managed to save his sight.

the sight of sb/sth › when you see someone or something: The sight of so much blood had shocked him.informal I can't stand the sight of her (= I hate her).

AREA SEEN [U] › the area that it is possible for you to see: Eventually he disappeared from sight. I looked for her but she was nowhere in sight. I was able to park within sight of the house. Security guards were waiting out of sight (= where they could not be seen).

VIEW [C] › something which you see, especially something interesting: the sights and sounds of the market

at first sight › when you first see or hear about something or someone: It may, at first sight, seem a surprising choice.

the sights › the beautiful or interesting places in a city or country, that a lot of people visit: He took me around New York and showed me the sights.

(Definition of sight noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)