catch+sight+of

  • 31sight — /saɪt / (say suyt) noun 1. the power or faculty of seeing; vision. 2. the act or fact of seeing. 3. range of vision: in sight of land. 4. a view; glimpse. 5. mental view or regard. 6. something seen or to be seen; spectacle: the sights of the… …

  • 32sight*/*/*/ — [saɪt] noun I 1) [U] the ability to see using your eyes Syn: eyesight, vision people with poor sight[/ex] 2) [U] the act of seeing someone or something I don t know him personally, but I know him by sight (= I know what he looks like).[/ex] The… …

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  • 33sight — [[t]saɪt[/t]] n. 1) phl the power or faculty of seeing; perception of objects by use of the eyes; vision 2) the act or fact of seeing 3) one s range of vision on some specific occasion: Land is in sight[/ex] 4) a view; glimpse 5) mental… …

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  • 34sight — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, aim, aim at, airscape, amazement, angle, angle of vision, assumption, astonishing thing, astonishment, atrocity, attitude, awe inspiring, baboon, bag, barrel, basis, batch, behold, bend, blemish, blot,… …

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  • 35catch*/*/*/ — [kætʃ] (past tense and past participle caught [kɔːt] ) verb I 1) [I/T] to stop something that is falling or moving through the air, and hold it Stewart caught the ball with one hand.[/ex] A bucket stood under the hole to catch the rain.[/ex] 2)… …

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  • 36sight — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesiht faculty or act of sight, thing seen; akin to Old High German gisiht sight, Old English sēon to see Date: before 12th century 1. something that is seen ; spectacle 2. a. a thing regarded… …

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  • 37catch — verb (past and past participle caught) 1》 intercept and hold (something which has been thrown, propelled, or dropped).     ↘seize or take hold of.     ↘Cricket dismiss (a batsman) by catching the ball before it touches the ground. 2》 capture (a… …

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  • 38sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 39sight — See: AT FIRST GLANCE or AT FIRST SIGHT, AT SIGHT or ON SIGHT, CATCH SIGHT OF, HEAVE IN SIGHT, LOSE SIGHT OF, ON SIGHT, SET ONE S SIGHTS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 40sight — See: at first glance or at first sight, at sight or on sight, catch sight of, heave in sight, lose sight of, on sight, set one s sights …

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