Noun

(en noun)

The region which the eye overlooks at one time; view; scene; outlook.

* Milton

His eye discovers unaware / The goodly prospect of some foreign land.

A picturesque or panoramic view; a landscape; hence, a sketch of a landscape.

* Evelyn

I went to Putney to take prospects in crayon.

A position affording a fine view; a lookout.

* 1667 , Milton, Paradise Lost

Him God beholding from his prospect high.

Relative position of the front of a building or other structure; face; relative aspect.

* Bible, Ezekiel xl. 44

Their prospect was toward the south.

The act of looking forward; foresight; anticipation.

* John Locke

a very ill prospect of a future state

* Tillotson

Is he a prudent man as to his temporal estate, that lays designs only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life?

The potential things that may come to pass, often favorable.

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A hope; a hopeful.

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(sports) Any player whose rights are owned by a top-level professional team, but who has yet to play a game for said team.

(music) The of an organ.

Noun

(in the singular) The ability to see.

* Shakespeare

Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.

* Milton

O loss of sight , of thee I most complain!

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.

to gain sight of land

* Bible, Acts i. 9

A cloud received him out of their sight .

Something seen.

* 2005 , Lesley Brown (translator), :

* He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights ;

Something worth seeing; a spectacle.

You really look a sight in that silly costume!

* Bible, Exodus iii. 3

Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight , why the bush is not burnt.

* Spenser

They never saw a sight so fair.

A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

A small aperture through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained.

the sight of a quadrant

* Shakespeare

their eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel

a great deal, a lot; (frequently used to intensify a comparative).

a sight of money

This is a darn sight better than what I'm used to at home!

* Gower

a wonder sight of flowers

* 1913 ,

"If your mother put you in the pit at twelve, it's no reason why I should do the same with my lad."

"Twelve! It wor a sight afore that!"

In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame, the open space, the opening.

(obsolete) The instrument of seeing; the eye.

* Shakespeare

Why cloud they not their sights ?

Mental view; opinion; judgment.

In their sight it was harmless.

(Wake)

* Bible, Luke xvi. 15

That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.