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.

Noun

(en noun)

The way something appears when viewed from a certain direction or perspective.

The way something appears when considered from a certain point of view.

A phase or a partial, but significant view or description of something

One's appearance or expression.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Dryden)

serious in aspect

* {{quote-book, year=1922, author=(Ben Travers)

, chapter=4, title= A Cuckoo in the Nest , passage=By some paradoxical evolution rancour and intolerance have been established in the vanguard of primitive Christianity. Mrs. Spoker, in common with many of the stricter disciples of righteousness, was as inclement in demeanour as she was cadaverous in aspect .}}

* 2009 , (Hilary Mantel), (Wolf Hall) , Fourth Estate 2010, p. 145:

It is Stephen Gardiner, black and scowling, his aspect in no way improved by his trip to Rome.

Position or situation with regard to seeing; that position which enables one to look in a particular direction; position in relation to the points of the compass.

Prospect; outlook.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (John Evelyn)

This town affords a good aspect toward the hill from whence we descended.

(grammar) A grammatical quality of a verb which determines the relationship of the speaker to the internal temporal flow of the event the verb describes, or whether the speaker views the event from outside as a whole, or from within as it is unfolding.

(astrology) The relative position of heavenly bodies as they appear to an observer on earth; the angular relationship between points in a horoscope.

(Milton)

(obsolete) The act of looking at something; gaze.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Francis Bacon)

The basilisk killeth by aspect .

* (and other bibliographic particulars) Sir (Walter Scott)

His aspect was bent on the ground.

(obsolete) Appearance to the eye or the mind; look; view.

* (and other bibliographic particulars) (Thomas Burnet)

the true aspect of a world lying in its rubbish

* (and other bibliographic particulars)

the aspect of affairs

(computing, programming) In aspect-oriented programming, a feature or component that can be applied to parts of a program independent of any inheritance hierarchy.