Definition: the act of looking or seeing or observing
Usage: he tried to get a better view of it; his survey of the battlefield was limited
Similar words: look, looking, looking at
Definition: the act of directing the eyes toward something and perceiving it visually
Usage: he went out to have a look; his look was fixed on her eyes; he gave it a good looking at; his camera does his looking for him
Definition: the range of vision
Usage: out of sight of land
Similar words: range, reach, compass, grasp
Definition: the limit of capability
Usage: within the compass of education
Synonyms: sight, vision, visual modality, visual sense
Definition: the ability to see; the visual faculty
Similar words: sense modality, sensory system, modality
Definition: a particular sense
Similar words: exteroception
Definition: sensitivity to stimuli originating outside of the body
Synonyms: sight
Definition: an instance of visual perception
Usage: the sight of his wife brought him back to reality; the train was an unexpected sight
Similar words: visual image, visual percept
Definition: a percept that arises from the eyes; an image in the visual system
Synonyms: sight
Definition: a range of mental vision
Usage: in his sight she could do no wrong
Similar words: position, perspective, view
Definition: a way of regarding situations or topics etc.
Usage: consider what follows from the positivist view
Synonyms: sight
Definition: anything that is seen
Usage: he was a familiar sight on the television; they went to Paris to see the sights
Synonyms: batch, mint, mountain, muckle, peck, passel, tidy sum, deal, spate, sight, slew, stack, heap, hatful, good deal, great deal, wad, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, lot, mass, mess, mickle, flock
Definition: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
Usage: a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money
Similar words: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
Definition: an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
Definition: catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
Usage: he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge
Similar words: comprehend, perceive
Definition: to become aware of through the senses
Usage: I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon
Synonyms: sight
Definition: take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
Similar words: aim, direct, take, take aim, train
Definition: point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards
Usage: Please don't aim at your little brother!; He trained his gun on the burglar; Don't train your camera on the women; Take a swipe at one's opponent