cite vs site vs vs sight

Definitions

noun

1. anything that is seen
2. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
3. the range of vision
4. the act of looking or seeing or observing
5. a range of mental vision

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verb

1. catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes
2. take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)

Examples

The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle.

But a couple of months ago, in a Times Square studio, congas were pounding out Afro-Cuban rhythms, dancers in high heels were twirling to fast-paced mambos, and just about everyone in sight was a shade of brown.

Even while he was missing, those uncertain hours of anxious speculation and dismal journalism, she had assumed Maxwell would be found boomingly alive, having spent the whole time enjoying the amorous advances of a short-sighted minke whale.

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