Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act of catching sight of something, especially something unusual or searched for.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- a. & n. from
sight , v. t. - a shot made to ascertain whether the sights of a firearm are properly adjusted; a trial shot.
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- noun The act of catching
sight of something, especially something searched for - verb Present participle of
sight .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the act of observing
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Examples
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The _sighting notch_ in the slide with the rear sight leaf down, is the same height as is the sighting in the drift slide when the rear sight leaf is raised and set at 530 yards.
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With the rollout of Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, continuing through the end of November (click here for screening locator), a classical music sighting is made that the famous 18th century philosopher Moses Mendelssohn would have been proud of.
Laurence Vittes: Classical Music Media Sighting: Felix Mendelssohn Introduces Interview With Sandy Koufax Laurence Vittes 2010
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This track made a sighting from the center unlikely, but that loss was tempered by the distinctive double sonic boom that literally shakes the sky as she comes thru the sound barrier on final approach.
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The sighting is the first ever live wild mountain lion documentation in Kansas although many other reports have been received in the past.
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This offers a unique opportunity to see all kinds of wildlife coming into the "Deer Gold" Kernal corn: birds, turkeys, squirrels, and maybe even harvest a nice deer. with bait one can almost guaranteed daily deer sighting from the blind.
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With the rollout of Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, continuing through the end of November (click here for screening locator), a classical music sighting is made that the famous 18th century philosopher Moses Mendelssohn would have been proud of.
Laurence Vittes: Classical Music Media Sighting: Felix Mendelssohn Introduces Interview With Sandy Koufax Laurence Vittes 2010
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The short-sighting is only a step along the way to sighting it in at the desired "routine" distance (100 to 200 yards, depending on the gun).
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With the rollout of Jews and Baseball: An American Love Story, continuing through the end of November (click here for screening locator), a classical music sighting is made that the famous 18th century philosopher Moses Mendelssohn would have been proud of.
Laurence Vittes: Classical Music Media Sighting: Felix Mendelssohn Introduces Interview With Sandy Koufax Laurence Vittes 2010
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The short-sighting is only a step along the way to sighting it in at the desired "routine" distance (100 to 200 yards, depending on the gun).
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This offers a unique opportunity to see all kinds of wildlife coming into the "Deer Gold" Kernal corn: birds, turkeys, squirrels, and maybe even harvest a nice deer. with bait one can almost guaranteed daily deer sighting from the blind.
GHibbs commented on the word sighting
Also, present participle of the verb 'to sight'. 'They were sighting the object when there was an explosion.'
October 7, 2011