sight

1. noun

1) (the act or power of seeing: The blind man had lost his sight in the war.) vid

2) (the area within which things can be seen by someone: The boat was within sight of land; The end of our troubles is in sight.) vidik

3) (something worth seeing: She took her visitors to see the sights of London.) znamenitost

4) (a view or glimpse.) prizor

5) (something seen that is unusual, ridiculous, shocking etc: She's quite a sight in that hat.) nenavaden prizor

6) ((on a gun etc) an apparatus to guide the eye in taking aim: Where is the sight on a rifle?) muha

2. verb

1) (to get a view of; to see suddenly: We sighted the coast as dawn broke.) opaziti

2) (to look at (something) through the sight of a gun: He sighted his prey and pulled the trigger.) nameriti

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- sight-seeing

- sight-seer
- catch sight of
- lose sight of

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I [sáit]

noun

vid, figuratively oko, doseg oči; vidik, dogled, pogled, ogled; prizor, ogleda vredna znamenitost; plural znamenitosti (of a town kakega mesta); colloquially nenavaden ali žalosten pogled (prizor), grda zunanjost, strašilo; muha (na puški), merjenje, viziranje; photography iskalo; colloquially masa, množina, kup; American slang šansa

in sight — v bližini, na dosegu, na dogledu

on sight — na (prvi) pogied

at (first) sight — na prvi pogled, brez priprave

out of sight — iz vida, zunaj obzorja

within sight of — v vidiku, v vidu

a (long) sight colloquially (zelo) mnogo (of money denarja)

a sight for the gods — prizor za bogove

a sight for sore eyes — zelo prijeten prizor (pogled), privlačna oseba

sight unseen figuratively maček v žaklju; kupljen na slepo

bad (good) sight — slab (dober) vid

the loss of sight — izguba vida; oslepitev

long sight — daljnovidnost

a long sight better — daleč boljši

second sight figuratively preroški dar

payable at (on) sight — plačljiv na pokaz

short (near) sight — kratkovidnost

out of my sight! — izgubi se mi izpred oči!

out of sight out of mind — daleč od oči, daleč od srca

it is not right in my sight — to ni prav po mojem mišljenju

it is a sight better than it was — mnogo bolje je, kot je bilo

it was quite a sight! — bil je to prizor za bogove!

to be in sight of — videti

to catch sight of — zagledati, ugledati (koga, kaj)

to come in sight — pokazati se

it has cost him a sight of money — to ga je veljalo kup denarja

to find favour in s.o.'s sight — pridobiti si naklonjenost koga, prikupiti se, ugajati komu

to get sight of s.o. — zagledati, opaziti koga

to get (to go) out of sight — izginiti (iz vida)

to heave in sight — pojavljati se, prikazovati se, postajati viden

to keep in sight — imeti v vidu

to know by sight — poznati po videzu

what a sight you look! — kakšen pa si!, kot strašilo si videti!

to lose sight of — izgubiti iz vida, ne več videti, figuratively pozabiti

to lose one's sight — oslepeti

the letter was not meant for your sight — pismo ni bilo namenjeno tebi

I should like it a jolly sight better — stokrat rajši bi imel to

to make a sight of oneself — smešno se obleči, osmešiti se

to play (to sing) at sight — igrati na prvi pogled, brez priprave

to put out of sight — skriti, ne posvečati pozornosti

to see the sights — videti, ogledati si znamenitosti

I can't see (bear stand) the sight of him — ne morem ga živega videti

to take a sight — nameriti, ciljati; obrniti pogled

to take a sight at s.o. slang osle pokazati komu

II [sáit]

transitive verb

zagledati, ugledati, opaziti, opazovati, ogledovati; meriti višino zvezde; vzeti na muho, pomeriti na, ciljati, vizirati; commerce predložiti ali akceptirati (menico); transitive verb vizirati, ciljati

to sight land — zagledati kopno zemljo

you should sight before you shoot — najprej pomeri (premisli), nato ustreli (stori)