Main Entry: sight
Function: noun
Pronunciation: 'sīt
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gesiht faculty or act of sight, thing seen; akin to Old High German gisiht sight, Old English seon to see
1 : something that is seen : SPECTACLE
2 a : a thing regarded as worth seeing -- usually used in plural <the sights of the city> b : something ludicrous or disorderly in appearance <you look a sight>
3 a chiefly dialect : a great number or quantity b : a good deal : LOT <a far sight better> <not by a damn sight>
4 a : the process, power, or function of seeing ; specifically : the animal sense of which the end organ is the eye and by which the position, shape, and color of objects are perceived b : mental or spiritual perception c : mental view ; specifically : JUDGMENT
5 a : the act of looking at or beholding b : INSPECTION , PERUSAL c : VIEW , GLIMPSE d : an observation to determine direction or position (as by a navigator)
6 a : a perception of an object by or as if by the eye <never lost sight of the objective> b : the range of vision <was nowhere in sight>
7 : presentation of a note or draft to the maker or draftee : DEMAND
8 a : a device that aids the eye in aiming or in finding the direction of an object b plural : ASPIRATION <set her sights on a medical career>
Main Entry: site
Function: noun
Pronunciation: 'sīt
Etymology: Middle English, place, position, from Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin situs, from sinere to leave, allow
1 a : the spatial location of an actual or planned structure or set of structures (as a building, town, or monuments) b : a space of ground occupied or to be occupied by a building
2 a : the place, scene, or point of something b : one or more Internet addresses at which an individual or organization provides information to others often including links to other locations where related information may be found